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"LOUISIANIANS 
AND THEIR STATE" 



A HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 
TEXT BOOK OF LOUISIANA 

ITS NOTABLE MEN AND LEADING 
INSTITUTIONS 



LOUISIANA HISTORICAL AND 
BIOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION 

D. D. MOORE, 
PRESIDENT AND EDITOR 

T. O. HARRIS, Shreveport, La.. Associate Editor 

J. W. SMITH, Monroe, La., Associate Editor 

R. C. JARREAU, Alexandria, La., Associate Editor 



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LOUISIANA 




X THE lionr of a nation's need and a world'ii ])oril, Louisiana has poured forth her riclies 

, in wealth and her treasure in manhood without reserve. At every call of the national 

i^J) government Louisiana has done her full share. Xo state has done' proportionately more 

" - to meet every national exigency. Thus to be a citizen, by birth or by adoption, of 

Louisiana is an honor admitted. 

Louisiana was conceived and created in a spirit of patriotism and romance, and from its incep- 
tion to the present time its history has been one of jiatriotic impulse and undying romance. 

It was in 1GS3 that the name of Louisiana was first applied to the country of which the state 
today is but a small jiai't. 'J'he name was given by LaSalle in honor of King Louis XIV of France. 
But fliiile LalSalle was the first to give the name, he was not the first to discover that area of the comitry 
lying on both baid^s of the Mississippi river and close to the connecting point of that river with the 
waters of the (iulf of Mexico. That honor goes to Xarvaez, who is 152S led an expedition from Cuba 
into Florida. Leaving the ships anchored at the Florida coast line, he and his companions made into 
the interior bent on both discovery and conquest. They were defeated by the Indians and upon retreat- 
ing to the coast discovered their ships were gone. Building a number of crude boats they set forth 
upon an exploration of the coast line and in the hope of finding some settlement of pioneers from 
which they might refit ships or make arrangements to return to Cuba. After several days of sailing and 
skirting of the coast they came to a great river, the waters of which were not only deep, but "swift, 
and in their whirling eddies several of the boats were swamped and destroyed and Xarvaez passed from 
history. Tliree of his boats escaped and managed to reach a point in Texas, where the survivors were 
detained for six years, after which a few of them, led by de Vacia, managed to reach a Spanish settle- 
ment in -Mexico. 

In 1539, DeSoto set sail from Cuba with the determination of conquering the territory explored 
by Xarvaez. He landed on the coast of Tampa Bay and then began not only. a march of conquest, but 
an effort to find the fountain of youth. The expedition proved a failure, but not before DcSoto 
i-eached the banks of the Mississippi Biver, as it became known in later years, where he died and his- 
tory relates that his body was buried in the trunk of a tree. Then came the visit of LaSalle, the 
naming of the country as a part of the kingdom of France and its recognition as French territory. 

About the same time France began to feel the need of atlditional wealth and it turned to the 
development of its colonies. In 1698, Iberville was sent to settle the colony. He was an able seaman, 
with ample experience as a pioneer in Canada and in every way fitted for the task assigned him by 
his king. With four ships and 200 emigrants lie crossed the Atlantic, touched at San Domingo and 
then in Pensacola Ba}', where the town of Pensacola now stands. He found the latter settled by the 
Spaniards and he proceeded to Mobile Bay. From there he cruised among the islands along the coast 
until he reached the Mississippi Kiver and sailing up that mighty stream sought a point for the found- 
ing of a settlement that would serve as the nucleus for the development of all the country claimed 
by France. He went as far as the mouth of Eed Kiver, seeking a country free from overflow. He 
returned via the same route to the mouth of Bayou Manchac. With three companions and an Indian 
guide he entered uijon an exploration of that bayou, of Lake M-aurepas, Pontchartrain and Borgne. 
The others had been instructed to proceed down the river and along the coast to Mobile Bay. Iber- 
ville and his companions passed out through the lakes mentioned and into Mississippi Sound and 
reached Mobile Bay before the arrival of the others. Finding no spot on the river free from an annual 
overflow, he founded a settlement on the east side of Biloxi Bay, named after a tribe of Indians, and 
called it Biloxi. That exact spot is today the site of Ocean Springs. The War of the Si^anish Succes- 
sion called Iberville back home and he left his younger brother, Bienville, in charge. A settlement was 
made on Mobile Bay and the capital removed to it, but sickness and a lack of funds retarded the devel- 
opment of all colonizing efl'orts. 

Louis XV was the reigning king at that time and becoming tired of the burden of Louisiana 
he sold it to a wealthy Paris banker named Anthony Crozat, the sale carrying exclusive control of 
trade as far Xorth as Illinois. The latter appointed Cadillac as governor, and Bienville was named as 
the lieutenant governor. A trading post was established at Natchitoches and some other points, while 
a vain effort was made to establish trade with settlements in Mexico. Several Frenchmen were mur- 
dered by the Xatchez tribe of Indians and war was declared on them by Crozat, who sent Bienville to 
make war. The latter, by strategy, succeeded in making suitable peace terms with the leaders of the 
tribe. In the meantime De rK]nnay was made governor, but from a trading standpoint he had no 
better success than Cadillac, and as Crozat had parted with a large portion of his fortune in the effort, 
he returned tlic gift to the king by resigning the charter. 



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Jt was about llie year 171^, that a Scotclnnaii named John Law went to France, and by a 
scries of bold financial operations succeeded in dazzling the French with his ability as a financier, par- 
ticularly the Due IVOrleans. Soon he was in control of a large part of the finances of the kingdom 
of France. Tn 1717, a company was formed to take over Louisiana with Law at its head and a twenty- 
five ycai' charter was given the company on a ])romise to send over (i.OdO white persons and 3,000 
African slaves. At the time the chai'ter was seeured there were 700 white persons in Louisiana. 

Law was a firm believer in the effectiveness of advertising and he immediately flooded the low- 
lands of Europe with matter intended to arouse their interest in this great new country of Louisiana. 
He succeeded in his efforts, and one of the colonies he esfalilished was a party of Germans on his own 
holdings in Arkansas. When Law's bank in Paris failed these (ieraians were stranded and made for 
the coast in an effort to get back home, but on. arriving at what is now New Orleans they were per- 
suaded to settle along the river. Thus was formed tlie nurleus of a German settlement along the 
banks of the Mississippi River. 

FOUNDING OF NEW ORLEANS. 

In the meantime Iberville had proven the land on the left bank of the river, to the South of 
Bayou Manchac, to be an island entirely surrounded by water. Bienville chose for his settlement, 
under the new charter, the high point of ground on this island situated 110 nules from the mouth 
of the river and between the head of Bayou St. John and the river. This selection was an ideal one, 
for it was known to all the indians, was the home of the Houma tribe and was accessible by several 
water routes, all leading to good trading territory. Thus it was that New Orleans was established. 

'J'rouble with the Natchez tribe of indians made it necessary for Bienville to declare war on the 
Chickasaws for harboring the Natchez indians, this in 1736. He marched against them, but was de- 
feated in Northern Mississippi, this defeat being due to the help of the English. Many of the victims 
of that battle were burned at the stake. On returning, Bienville fitted out another fighting force 
which met with worse defeat. These repulses and the fatigue of business compelled Bienville to ask for 
a recall, which was granted, and thus the Marquis de Vaudreuil became a part of the history of Louis- 
iana, tor he was named as Bienville's successor. 

The Manjuis de Vaudreuil was a man of great business acumen, and under his administration 
the colony began to prosper. He saw the importance of levee construction and not only continued 
what had been undertaken prior to his arrixal. but improved it. He brought along with him a sailor 
named Jean Louis, who, in 1737, established a hospital from which has grown the magnificent Charity 
Hospital of today. There was but little change thereafter in general conditions until 1762, whin Louis 
XV gave a large part of Louisiana territory to his cousin, Charles III of Spain. For nuiny years 
there was a sendjlance of both Spanish and French control, for while the territory belonged to Spain, 
it was operated largely by the French government that had administered the affairs of the colony in 
the past. Soon after the year 1800, the territory again fell into the hands of France, and in 1803, the 
Louisiana I'urchase was concluded and Louisiana became a part and parcel of the United States gov- 
ernment. 

NA^'URAL RESOURCES. 

From the standpoint of mitural resources, Louisiana is one of the most favored of states. For 
nuany years it led all other states in the pi'oduction of lumber, but today it has taken second place 
in that field of endeavor and will unquestionably hold this jjosition for many years to come. Its great 
forest areas are covered with the finest stands of long leaf yellow pine tindjcr to be found in the United 
States, while in cypress j^roduction it leads all other states. Its hardwood forests are just beginning 
to be developed, and while a number of hardwood manufacturing plants are now in operation, it is but 
a question of time until the state leads all others in hardwood production. 

One of tlie greatest of natural resources arc its oil fields. They cover a wide range of terri- 
tory and are constantly being enlarged. With the development of oil production there has come the de- 
velopment of great natural gas fields and today Louisiana leads all other states in the size and extent 
of its gas yield and numy large industries are being attracted to the state as a result. Another great 
natural resource is that of sulphur, but the development of this is strictly in the liands of one com- 
pany, for the area is small. However, the Louisiana deposit is not only the largest in the United 
State.s, but the finest in the world, for it is better than 99 per cent pure and needs no refining to be 
fit for the market. Some coal deposits have been discovered, but they are small as to vein range and 
it may he many years before they are worked. 

Another great natural resource is salt, and tlic salt mines of the New Iberia district have attained 
a national reputation. Many years ago there was some salt development in North Louisiami, particu- 
larly in what is now known as Jackson Parisli. Some of the old vats in which the salt water from the 
mines was eva])()rated and turned into salt are still in cxisteiU'C aiul just jirior to the entrance of the 
United States into the present war an effort was again on foot to work these old holdings for tests 
showed that a good salt production was still obtainable. 



For many years Louisiana lias enjoyerl a great reputation for tlie excellence of its oysters and 
its fish and both are exported to all the leading markets of the United States. Its great game preservers 
have made its coast sections the paradise of hunters fi-om all over the nation, while its wealth of wild 
game of all kinds has afforded an easy living to many peo])le. However, the new national game laws 
have put a ban on the marketing of game so that a- an imlusliy. game hunting is at an end. Its great 
forest and cane brake areas are still the home of wild dci'i-. uliilc in some sections of the state, bear are 
still to be found. 

Louisiana is known as the sugar bowl of the nation. Its cane jiroduction is three-fourths of 
all the United States produces and more than twice that of Cieorgia, its nearest competitor. Great 
sugar retineries dot tlie cane producing areas and Louisiana sugars have a reputation that is interna- 
tional in extent. Louisiana molasses is another product of the cane fields that enjoys an international 
reputation. Cane growing was first introduced into Louisiana in 17.")1, Ijy the Jesuits, who brought the 
cane in from San Domingo and the first cane actually grown was on lauds that are now a part of the 
city of New Orleans. 

Another farm jiniduct on which Louisiana has achieved a world wide reputation is cotton, and 
while the state does not lead in production, its leailing city is recognized as the great cotton center of 
shipments and from a wealth producing standpoint cotton ranks next to that of cane. Cotton raising 
was first introduced into Louisiana in 1740, but it was not until Whitney invented the gin, so that 
the gin and the negro could clean at least a thousand pounds ])er day, that its culture began to be 
intensified. Today there is not a section of the state in which cotton is lurt grown and in which there 
are no cotton gins or cotton seed oil nulls. 

Another great crop that has been introduced into the state within recent years is rice and its 
production is not only being largely increased, but the producing area as v\-ell. Crowley was for 
many years the center of production and the rice mills of the state were centered there, but today rice 
is being grown in all the coastal parishes of the state and there are but few of the larger communi- 
ties in any of those parishes which is not able to boast of at least one rice mill. Crowley still leads 
the cities outside of New Orleans in the number of rice mills. The cane growing areas adjacent to fresh 
water bodies are also beginning to acquire a reputation for rice production for many cane planters are 
using rice as an alternate crop with cane. Louisiana is also fast coining to be recognized throughout 
the United States as the coming corn producing state of the nation and there is not a section of the 
state in which that great wealth ]iroducing crop does not thri\-e. In the last few years the acreage has 
been inci'eased annually with great regidarity. 

There is no state in all the United States witli a brighter future in lioth agriculture and horti- 
culture than Louisiana. All recognized wealth pro^lucing farm crops thrive on tlie rich soils of Louis- 
iana while no better oranges, finer figs, sweeter peaches or luscious pears are to be found. Peanuts 
also do w'ell and many oil mills are now encouraging their production by turning the surplus produc- 
tion into peanut products of all kinds. 

With all its reputaticui as the home of sugar cane and cotton, as well as of other crops, Louis- 
iana is far from being fully developed as an agricultural and horticultural state. More than half of its 
available farming lands are yet to be placed in cultivation, but it is only a question of time until its 
cheap and open lands are all taken up for their richness of soil is being fast recognized and eagerly 
sought after by experiencecl farmers of other states. As the great forest areas of the state are Iieing 
cut out by the operation of sawmills, the cut over lands become available also for agriculture and all 
tests today indicale that Inr all nf the leading cmjis there is no licltci' soil Id he fnuml in any 'Section of 
the country. 

A resume of the resources of the state wciuld be iiic<iui])lct(' without a statement as to naval 
stores. The naval stores industry is the production of rosins and turpentines, these being produced 
from the long leaf yellow pine forests. While the wealth ])roductioii of the state in naval stores is yet 
small as compared to one or two other states, it is but a (juestion of time until Louisiana becomes the 
greatest producer of the same and rosins and turpentine take their place as one of the greatest of wealth 
producers. The government is now beginning to take an active interest in naval stores for the war has 
shown that shrapnel and other munitions would be im])ossible without rosins, wooden and other ships 
equally as impossible, while paints — good paints, woidd be impossible without pure gum spirits of tur- 
])entine. The present soap producing induatrv of the nation would also lie impossible without the naval 
stores of the South and, for that matter, the soap industry of all the world as it has been operated for 
many years, for all the world has largely been dependent upon the states of the South for both rosin 
and turpentine. 



MEW ORLEANS 




HAS taken a crisis in the affairs of the world to compel that attention to New Orleans 
from the national government it has deserved for many years. This national attention 
has heen developed, not hecaiise of any undue desire to atone for past oversights, but by 
reason of the fact that in the matter of location, transportation facilities and magnifi- 
cent climate it has compelled the government to recognize the munificence of its avail- 
aiiic resources and to fui'thci- develop them in order that the war may be won as quickly and as econ- 
omically as is possible. 

There is no city in all the L'nited States so well and so favorably situated as is New Orleans 
to render a great service to the government in the winning of the war. Also there is no city as well 
situated for the development of a great foreign and domestic commerce as is New Orleans. Situated 
as it is, it at once becomes the natural import gateway for the richest and the most populous section 
of the United States, the great outlet for the exports of the same and the terminus of the North and 
South railway system of the nation as well as the meeting point of the lines that connect the great East- 
ern seaboard with that of the West. It is in New Orleans that the rivers, the sea and the highways 
of steel meet, each to place at the disposal of the other those great cargoes of commerce so necessary 
in the development of a nation, let alone in the development of any one section thereof. 

Ne«' Orleans is a point of embarkation for the commerce of the world. Its location as to 
both rail and waterway transportation long ago should have made it at least the second city of the 
United States in point oL' ])o])ulation and now that it is receiving that attention from the nation and 
from the world it has so long deserved, it becomes but a question of time until its dreams of extreme 
greatness are realized. Ever since the United States endjarked in the war of making the world safe 
for democracy and the perpetuation and extension of Christian civilization. New Orleans has been 
looked upon with favor as a seat of great activity for the carrying on of the war. As the war pro- 
gressed its importance became more and more evident to the national government with the result that 
■ toda_v the government is engaged in the gigantic undertaking of building an immense warehouse system 
along the river front at a cost of not less than 20 millions of dollars. The government has recog- 
nized the war essentialness of the great Industrial Canal and is now engaged in hurrying along this 
gigantic undertaking of the city of New Orleans, an undertaking that when completed will place New 
Orleans in the fore front of the great industrial centers of the world. It has recognized the importance 
of New Orleans to .such an extent that it is promoting the development of gigantic shipbuilding oper- 
ations and the enlargement of its naval station operations to one of real importance in the development 
of the naval and maritime service of the nation. The city has provided a great warehouse and public 
elevator svstem, both of which have proven a real benefit to the nation in its hour of need and that 
same nation is today utilizing both to the extent of their capacity, (ireat fleets of vessels arrive and 
leave every day of the week, arrive in ballast from the warring nations of Europe and leave loaded 
with food stuffs from the great grain elevator and loaded with munitions of war from the great public 
warehouse system that fronts the river for a distance of many miles. The 30 million dollar warehouse 
system being erected by the national government will become a permanent investment to the city of 
New Orleans and when the war is over it will serve as the link that will bind more closely the rela- 
tionship between the city, tlic state and the federal government. 

New Orleans is today the secund city in the Ihiited States in tlie matter of lioth imjiorts and 
exports. The grand climax of its commercial advancement to second place is a direct result of the war, 
for that war has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt the one great axiom of business and of industry 
that success could only be attained by concentration and concentration has to be, in order to be suc- 
cessful, where the many individual advantages are combined as one. The gi'eat natural highway of the 
nation is the Mississippi IJiver and this magnificent waterway is the meeting jjoint of many of the 
other great rivers of the country. Along them are situated most of the great industrial centers of 
the nation and the great valleys in whicli are grown most of the cereals so necessary today in meeting 
the food j)roblem of the world. These great industrial centers are engaged in important war work 
enterprises and the product of these enterprises via both direct rail and water transportation. Thus, 
New Orleans as the meeting place of the rail, the river and the sea. at once becomes the natural point 
of concentration and thus its importance to the war work efi'orts of the govermnent was not only recog- 
nized, but established. Its future is assured and from the "city that care forgot"" to the ''city that 
industry and commerce cannot forget" its transition is not at all remarkable. 

The war having establisbcil the real importance of New Orleans from an industrial and com- 
mercial standpoint insofar as their relationship to a world's commerce is concerned, it might be well 



to enumerate the many advantages 
Crescent City possesses: 



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the building (tf u great industrial and commercial community the 



New Orleans is the natural port of entry for all tlic valley of the Mississippi Eiver and its 
tributaries. 

Xew Orleans is tlie terminal point for all the great systems that traverse the nation from Xorth 
to South. 

Xew Orleans is the meeting point of all the groat railway systems between the East and the 
West that traverse the Southern territory. 

Xew Orleans is the natural port of export for the great agrieultural and industrial enterprises 
of all the Mississippi River Valley and its tributaries. 

Kew Orleans is the only city in the South that has direct steamship connection with all the 
nations of the world in peace times. 

Xew Orleans is therefore the meeting point of a transportation system that covers the commerce 
of the world by river, by rail and by ocean. 

New Orleans has developed and is the owner of the greatest and most extensive transportation 
warehouse system in the United States for taking care of commei-ce by I'ail and by sea. 

New Orleans has recognized the advantage of such a niunici|ially owned system of ])ublic ware- 
houses and is rapidly adding to such facilities and will continue to do so until it stands forth as the 
leader of municipal commercialized venture in all the world. 

The above are the natural advantages which are bound to place Xew Orleans at the head of 
commerce as the foremost port of call of vessels trading in the commerce of the world and of a domestic 
industry developed to meet the demands of both home and foreign trade. 

The great exports of Xew Orleans in the past ha\e been rice, cotton, cotton seed and its pro- 
ducts, molasses and food stuffs. The war has brought to the front the importance of lumber exports 
and has placed New Orleans as the leader over all other ports in the South of such exports. Xeed- 
less to say that peace times of the future will find the city alive and awake to the importance of both 
lumber and naval stores as export commerce and never again will it allow other ports to enjoy an 
honor in leadership that is not rightly theirs. 

In the matter of imports Xew Orleans has for years been noted for its coffee, sugar, mahogany, 
jiite and banana importations of the products of other ccumtries. In the years to come Xew Orleans 
will take front rank as the port of import for the raw and finished products of all the nations of the 
earth that find a market in the United States and the port of export for the farmer, the manufacturer 
and the distributor of all riiilcil States products that seek a market in foreign lands. 

In an industi'ial way X^ew Orleans might today be classified as follows: 

Xew Orleans has four sugar refineries, and one of them, the t'balmctte plant of the American 

Sugar Ketining ('ompany, is the largest in the world, having an annual producing capacity of 600,000 

tons. 

X"ew Orleans has nine rice mills. 

X"ew Orleans has six sawmills. 

Xew Orleans has seven furniture manufacturing plants. 

New Orleans has nine wooden box manufacturing plants. 

New Orleans has two cigar box numufacturiiig plants. 

New Orleans has three pai)er box manufacturing jilants. 

X^'ew Orleans has one corrugated box manufacturing plant. 

New Orleans has three metal bed manufacturing plants. 

New- Orleans has two chair manufacturing plants. 

Xew Orleans lias four cabinet manufacturing i)lants. 

X^ew Orleans has one coffin manufacturing plant. 

New Orleans has fourteen stave concentration yards. 

X'ew Orleans has ten cooperage plants. 

Xew Orleans has live cypress tank uumufacturing plants. 

X'^ew Orleans has the largest mahogany sawmill and mamifacturing plant in the world. 

Xew Orleans has one meat packing house. 

Xew Orleans has five sausage manufacturing plants. 

X'ew Orleans has I'ourleen coll'ee roasting plants. 

Xew Orleans has two baking ])owder manufacturing plants. 

Xew Orleans has three artificial stone plants. 

New Orleans has ten bag manufacturing plants. 



Xew Orleans lias tliree knitting mills. 
New Orleans lias eighteen cigar anrl tobacco plants. 
New Oi-leans lias one tar and tiirpentine nianiifartiiring plant. 
Now Orleans lias one ereosoting ].ilant. 
New Orleans lias two cork niannfaeturing plants. 
New Orleans lias three brass foundries. 
Now Orleans has four copper works. 
New Orleans lias one chain manufacturing plant. 
New Orleans has one mill belting manufacturing [ilant. 
New Orleans has four fish and o\-ster packiiiii' jilants. 
New Orleans has nine candy manufacturing plants. 
New Orleans has four lirooin manufacturing ])lants. 
New Orleans has three brush manufacturing plants. 
New Orleans has ten fertilizer manufacturing plants. 
New Orleans has three can manufacturing p'ants. 
New Orleans has three cotton pickeries. 
New Orleans has seven cotton compresses. 
New (h-leans has seven cotton seed oil and meal jdants. 
New Orleans lias three soap manufacturing plants. 
New Orleans has two blowpipe manufacturing plants. 
New Orleans has six boiler plants. 
New Orleans has four bottling plants. 
New Orleans has nine chemical manufacturing ]ilants. 
New Orleans lias four macaroni plants. 
New Orleans has one steel roller door plant. 
New Orleans has seventeen machine shops. 
New Orleans has eight foundries. 

New Orleans has several ship and boat building jilants, a few new ones now being in course of 
building. 

New Orleans has nine breweries. 
New Orleans has ten distilleries. 

New Orleans has eleven sash, door and millwork manufacturing plants, one of them being the 
largest in the South. 

New Orleans has four paint manufacturing jilants. 

New Orleans lias three )ilants for the manufacture of crackers and fancy cakes. 

New Orleans has fiftv-eiglit bakery plants for the iiianufacturc oT bread and pastries. 

New Oi-leaiis has eigliteeii ])lants for the manutactui-e and repair of wagons and other vehicles. 

New Orleans has two motor truck manufacturing plants. 

New Oi'lcans has three tanning estalilisliments. 

New Orleans has five railway car repair plants. 

New Orleans lias three roofing manufacturing ])lants. 

New Orleans has three moss ginneries. 

New Orleans has five electrical goods manufacturing plants. 

New Orleans has two neckwear manufacturing jilants. 

New Orleans has three hat manufacturing plants. 

New Orleans has seven condiment packing plants. 

New Orleans has three vinegar manufacturing plants. 

New Orh'aiis has three overall manufacturing plants. 

New Orleans has live clothing manufacturing plants. 

Now Orleans has four trunk manufacturing jilants. 

New Orleans has three plants for the manufacture of harness. 



Kew Orleans has twelve plants for the manufaoture of sheet metal goods. 

New Orleans has five boot and shoe manufacturing plants. 

New Orleans has five screen door and window screen plants. 

New Oi-Icans has twenty-one ico manufacturing plants. 

New Orleans has sixty-nine job printing plants and binderies. 

New Orleans has one artificial limb manufacturing plant. 

New Orleans has five manufacturing jewelry establishments. 

New Orleans lias twelve steam laundries. 

'I'here are five tent and awning plants in New Orleans. 

There are three rigging plants in New Orleans. 

Tliere are eleven pattern shops in New Orleans. 

There is one scale mamifacfuring plant in New Orleans. 

There is one transmission machinery manufacturing phiiif in New Orleans. 

There are many other manufacturing plants of a small (liai'acter doing a profitable business. 

Taking New Orleans in a general way, from a rclail. wholesale and civic standpoint. .\ew 
Orleans might be partially classified as follows: 

New Orleans has three daily papers. 

New Orleans has three church publications. 

New Orleans has eleven trade press and we.'kly publications. 

New Orleans has four wholesale clothing dealers. 

New Orleans has five wholesale notion ilealers. 

New Orleans has seventeen wholesale diT goods dealers. 

New Orleans has eighteen wliolesale grocery ilealers. 

New Orleans has eight wholesale ofTice furniture and supplv ilealers. 

New Orleans has five wholesale belting and Ims'' dealers. 

New Orleans has five ship chandlery dealers. 

New Orleans has twenty-two wholesale fish and oyster dealers. 

New Orleans has six wholesale boot and shoe dealers. 

New Orleans has thirty-seven wholesale produce dealers. 

New Orleans has seven wholesale flmir dealers. 

New Orleans has three wholesale millinery dealers. 

New Orleans has seven wliolesale dealers in glasswai'c. 

New Orleans has ten wholesale dealers in jiainls and wall |)aper. 

New Orleans has eleven wholesale packing lioiise goods dealers. 

New Orleans has twenty-two wholesale electrical supply houses. 

New Orleans has six wholesale drug houses. 

New Orleans has five wholesale paper supply houses. 

New Orleans has nineteen wholesale machinery supjily houses. 

New Orleans has seventeen retail lumber yards. 

New Orleans has sixteen banks and tiaist ci>ni])anies. 

New Orleans has eighty-fmir moving picture theatres. 

New Orleans has eleven cold storage plants. 

New Orleans has 754 retail grocery stores. 

New Orleans has 370 exclusive saloons. 

New Orleans has 497 physicians. 

New Orleans has <^41 law firms and lawyers. 

New Orleans has 217 retail drug stores. 

New Orleans has fifty-seven retail clothing stores. 

New Orleans has ninety-seven restaurants. 

New Orleans lias twenfv-seveu hotels. 



New Orleans has more automobile dealers, garages and automobile supply dealers than any other 
city in the South, and iSTew Orleans has every thing in churches, schools, parks and recreation grounds 
necessary to taking care of a population much larger than New Orleans possesses. 

New Orleans is tlic only city in the TTnited States tliat owns a terminal steam railroad system. 
This system connects all manufacturing industries with all the railways and the public docks and vice 
versa. 

New Orleans boasts of the finest water works system in tlic cnuntry. 

The New Orleans drainage system is a revelation to all the larger cities of the world. This 
system has cost the city in excess of $30,000,000 to date. 

New Orleans has the irnest municipal dock and wliarf system in the United States, it embracing 
great cotton and general export and import commodity warehouses, a steam railway and miles of plat- 
form facilities. Th.ese facilities are constantly being added, the latest undertaking being that of the 
Industrial Canal and the government owned warehouse system. 'I'lie latter will cost in excess of 20 
milliDUS of dollars. 

In normal times New Orleans is noted for its imports of white goods from France, dress goods 
from other nations and of all articles of connnerce needed in the United States and produced by 
other nations. 

The history of New Orleans is one of romance, industry and pleasure. It is known to the 
world as tlie "city that care forgot", but it is rapidly hi-eaking away from that exclusive reputation 
and it is but a question of time until the city enjoys the distinction of being one of the greatest com- 
mercial, industrial and financial centers of the world. Its more than 14 miles of steel and concrete 
warehouses fronting the river have attracted world wide attention. 

New Orleans was foumlcd in ITIS. liy Jean Ra])tiste le Moync de Bienville, it being laid out 
by his chief engineer, Sieur le Blond de Tour. Soon after its foumling Bienville suggested it for the 
capital of the territory controlled by Louisiana, but otliers o]:)posed it on the ground that it could not 
be safely readied by large vessels. lie reported there was is feet of water in Southeast Pass and sug- 
gested tliat by the use of dykes the waters could be so conti'olled that the current would not only keep the 
entrance clear, but (li('|icn it. Eads, following this suggestion 150 years later, constructed the jetties 
that permit of the safe entrance to the Mississippi River of the largest Iniild of vessels. 

A few years after the suggestion of Bienville, Plaiiger had one of his great ships taken through 
the pass and after his report it was agreed to make New Orleans the capital. It was imder the admin- 
istration of Bienville that slaves from Africa were introduced into New Orleans and the colony of 
Louisiana. 

Bienville was eventually succeeded by Perrier as governor and under tiie latter's administration 
New Orleans showed much progress. He undertook the building of a great levee system, the first 
unit being IS feet v,-ide and SOO feet long. Later on it was extended for a distance of 18 miles above 
the city and IS miles below. In 1717, the Ursuline Nuns estaldished a convent in New Oi'leans, it 
being at first located in the old Bienville home. Two years later, the first building was erected and 
used as a convent and had the distinction of being the oldest building in the United States west of 
the Alleghenies, wliile the girls" school was the first one built in thi> United States for the exclusive 
use of girls. This building stood as a monument to the liiiilders until it had to be demolished in order 
to make way for the Industrial Canal now in ju-oeess of eoustruetion. 

In 1730, Bienville was recalled and again ruled as governor. In that year the city extended 
from Bienville to Ursuline streets and from the ri\er to Dauphine street. In 1732, an insurrection 
of negro slaves took place, but it was quickly quelled and the leaders duly executed. 

During the next 30 years but little progress was made in New Orleans. From then to the time 
of the Louisiana Pureliase the history of New Orleans is but a repetition of the history of Louisiana 
and is treated upon elsewhere. 

In 1S0.3, following its becoming a city of the United States, New Orleans was incorporated as 
a city. This took place in i\Iarch of tliat year and in tlie election of aldermen its citizens exercised the 
right of franchise for the first time. In 1S1.5. the i)opulation had increased to 33,000 and by 1S20 it 
reached 40,000. Today the po])ulation of the city is nearly 400,000. 

Five years after Ifoliert Fulton produced the first steamboat, the first steam propelled vessel to 
ply the waters of the Mississippi river ari'ived in New Orleans and was named after the city. It was 
built bv Nicholas I. Kocsevelt, one of llie ancestors of former President Theodore Roosevelt. 

In the great wars in which the United States has been interested or engaged. New Orleans has 
played a prominent part. It was the scone of the last battle between American and English soldiers 
in what is termed Ihe war of 1S12. This battle took place on January S, 1S1.5, and the American 
troops were commanded by Oeneral Andrew Jackson. Tlie British troops were led by Sir Edward 



Pakcnham and they were decisively defeated, being virtually annihilated. This battle is famous in 
American history as tlie battle of Xew Orleans and was fought after peace between the two countries 
jiad been declared, but owing to lack of quick facilities for the handling of dispatches notiiing of the 
peace agreement was known by eitjier side at the time. 

In the war witli Mexico, New Orleans was a leading point for the endjarkation of troops. In 
Uiv war between the states New Orleans was early captured by the N^orthern troops, but the city played 
a prominent part in the conduct of that war both before and after. In the war with Spain troops were 
sent to Cuba from New Orleans and in the present war tliousands of soldiers have left its port, 
while cargo after cargo of food stuffs and materials of war are leaving every day. Following the civil 
war it was a battle in the streets of New Orleans that lead to the detiironement of a carpet-bagger gov- 
ernment in Louisia'.ia and the i-c-establisluucnt of the franchises of the people. 

Gas as a street light was first installed in New Orleans in 1833, and was used for more than .'lO 
years, electric lights following. Horse drawn street cars also gave away to the electric lines of today 
as IJH" devclonnient of the electi'ically operated street transit system i)rogressed. Today New Orleans 
has one of the finest electric railway systems in the ct)untry, a magnificent electric liglited street system 
and a gas ser\ice that is unsurpassable. 

Two canal systems now enter the city connecting it witli the various lakes and they both pro- 
duce a great amount of tonnage from the territory beyond the lakes. The Mississippi River and its 
tributaries give New Orleans direct water transportation with Chicago, St. Paul, Cincinnati, Minnea- 
polis, St. Louis, Kan.sas City, Memphis, Little l?ock, Louisville, Cairo, Evansville, Pittsburgh. Dulniquc 
Pavenport', Bock Island, Quincy and Peoria. 

In 18,S4, the second world's fair held in the Pnited States was held in New Orleans. It was 

known as the Cotton Centennial Exposition and it jiroved a great success. It was held to celebrate 

the moth anniversary of tlie first export of cotton from the port of New Orleans, and from the United 
States. 

Within the ])ast few years New Orleans changed from the old type of a mayoraltv aiul alder- 
manic ruled city to the latest fashion of a commission ruled city. The present mayor holds the honor 
of being the last executive undt'r the old form of governinent and the (irst under the new. 

New Orleans ranks with any city of the United Stat(>s in the nuttter of educational facilities. 
It has two gi-eat colleges — Tulane University and Louila University and one for the education of girls 
alone — Sophie Nowc(unb College. The public school system is one of the finest in the world and the 
public school buildings worthy of a city many times its population. Its high school buildings have 
also attracted world wide attention from both the educational and the architectural standpoint. The 
city is also covered with parochial schools of all kimls, among tliem high schools that rank with the 
best in tlie matter of educational pursuits. 

As the street car system of the city developed some -U) coiiipanifts came into existence, eacli 
operating separate lines. Today these have all been consoliihited under one company and one manage- 
ment and are operated as the New Orleans Railway & Light Comijany. The company has about 2'>0 
miles of tracks and (ihi) nuitor cars. An interurban line has also been luiilt in recent years, this 
line connecting the city with Kenner. 

As llie eoimneice of the eity developed, tlie wharf and doek system was developed. Today the 
.sy.stem is under the control of the P>oard of Port Conianissioners, the members of which are appointed 
by the governor. There are constituti<mal re(|uirements as to t!ie appointments whieh take them out 
of the political feature of either state or city governinent. 

Four lines of steam railway enter the city from points west of the Mississip]H River and five lines of 
railways from points east of the river, they covering the northern and eastern territory and traversing 
all of the leading sections of the United States. A feature of New Orleans railway facilities is that 
no system passes through, all having their terminal points in the city, thus making it one of the lead- 
ing highway transportation (enters of the United States. These railway lines carry the ))roducts of 
the nation to Xew Orleans for export and carry bark into the nation iiiipoils from every eountrv of 
\]\v world. 

Xew Orleans is a city with a future as well as a city of today. It is the one large city of 
the I'nited States that only has not reached or iiearly reached the zenith of its commercial, financial 
and industrial expansion, Init that cannot do so. Its development will increase with eac-h ])assing year 
or as long as there is an ever increasing commerce in the world to attract attention to its doors and 
enhance the value of its natural location and its man developed facilities. 




NATURAL RESOURCES OF LOUISIANA 

IlKliI^ AK'l'j l)ut few states in the imiDii tliat liavo been so lavishly endowed with wealth 
produeing natural resources as has Louisiana, 'i'hi' variety and extent of these resources 
lung ago made ap]iarent the necessity for (he organization of a conservation department 
as a i)art of the state government a'ul tlie results of the ojieration of this department 
have ]iroven the wise thoughtfulness of those ivsponsihle for its origin. The Hon. M. L. 
Alexander is commissioner of th(> department of conservation and his exceptional ability has been re- 
warded bv his elevation to a iiigh place in the esti iiialioii of all conservationists throughout the United 
States. 

The natural i'esoiii-ccs of Iji.iuisiaiia are not only ^ical, bill they are varied. The inagnifice.it 
torests (.!' the stale li.-i\(' Inr ycai's placed Louisian;i in the I'm-efront of the lumber manufacturing states 
of the I'liion. 'Ilicse forests are rumposed of long and sliurtleaf yellow pine, cypress and nearly all 
the species of hardwoods coniinnn to the United States. The forest wealth of the state is fabulous in 
extent and with proper consrr\ alinu will be an everlasting sou I'ce of revenue to tlie state and the nation 
and a producer of great wealth In the citizenship. 

Of late years Louisiana has come to be recognized as the home of the largest natural gas fields 
in the United States, of vast oil iields, great sulphur deposits, rock salt deposits and other resources 
of great wealth creative (pialities. it might be well to state that J-ouisiana is the home of the greatest 
oil producing fields, the largest deposits of rock salt, the largest deposits of sulphur and the largest 
bodies of virgin hardwood forests left standing on the Western Uemi.sphere. Then again Louisiana 
has the most fertile snil in all the United States. It is the gi'eatest sugar cane producing state in the 
Union and in point of cultivated area is as large a producer of cotton, jieanuts and farm crop.^ as any 
other state. It is the natural home of the tree ani therefoie the pecan, the walnut, the liickory and 
other nut producing trees thrive within its borders a-; they do in no dther .state of the Union. In addition 
it is the natural home of the (irangc, the fig and other Irei' tiuils and Hie proper consideration given to 
all of them would in time iiiiike Ijouisiana a wealth crcati\(' slate iiiieipialleil by any other in the 
constellation of states. 

OIL. 

T.,iiiiisiana today ranks as one of the leaders in the production of crude oil and it is but a ques- 
tion of time until the state leads all the others. New fields are constantly being developed while the 
older ones are being extended. The state is making every effort to husband its great oil producing 
resources and oil bearing lands through proper methods of conservation and a great deal of study is 
being given the ]5rohleni by the State Conservation Commission. One of the features of the oil fields 
of Louisiana is the small number of dry holes that have been drilled. The ])re.sent war has tended 
to retard development because of the shortage of labor, but during the month of October, 1918, it is a 
])leasnre to note that a couple nf iimisiially large jiiniliiciiig wells have been bi'ought in and in devel- 
oped fieUls at that. 

GAS. r, ■ 

The natural gas prodiietion is being rapidly iueiea'^eil by the bringing in of new wells and the 
discovery of new tields. Ijouisiana natural gas is now Ijeing piped as far North as St. Louis and it is 
but a question of time until every city in the state is able tn boast of the cheapest light and fuel on 
earth, for plans are on foot to pi]>o the gas into every city and hamlet of the state. The latest natural 
gas; field'to be brought in is in Terrebonne Parish and this is said to be the largest in the country. It 
is \et in its infaiie\- and one of the largest producing wells in the world has been brought in during 
the month of October of the present year. 

suLPiiun. 

Louisiana is jiistlv proud of her world famed sulphur deposits for it is only in Louisiana that 
l)ractically pure sulijhur is brought from the depths of the I'ai'th. 'I'he principal deposit lies in Calcasieu 
I'arish and it enjovs ili(> distiin'tion of being the greatest wealth pi'oducing natural resource mined from 
one small area in all the world. The annual production of this one field is now in excess of -100, ood 
tons annuallv and it is 50 ])er cent <d' the wcu'ld's production. .V feature of the Calcasieu mined sul- 
])liur is that it is 9!) per cent ]iiire. The suli)hur deposits of Calcasieu Parish lie below ?50 feet of eartli 
and .")00 feet of quicksands. They have been a.scertained as being unlimited in extent and should lead 
the world in production for many years to come. The ])robIeni of I'emoving this sulphur from the earth 
was discovered by a man name<l I'rasch wlio used supei-heateil sleam that was forced into the deposits 
and the melted sulphur forced out through inner tubes. 

SALT. 

'i'he rock salt deposits of Louisiana are the greatest on the Western Hemisphere. The principal 
salt production of the state at ]iresent is on Avery Island where the mines reach a depth of 2,100 feet 

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and still show iniliiiiitod (|ii!intitios nf |iiirc salt, crystals. 'I'lip drills show the hottom of the salt de^ 
]iosit there is yet far from l>('iii,<r r(>Mclu'd. A rcr-ciit discovery near Lafayette unearthed a_xock salt 
hed larger in extent than any lliat has yd hecii discdvci'cd. Ivvtensive hods of rock salt fire known to 
exist in Bienville. Nnlchitoches. Oiiadiila. .laclvsoii and ollirr parishes oC the state. The .irreat Slrassfnrl 
dei)osits of Eurojjc show oidy a depth nf HS.') fret u( piii-c I'ock salt. Louisiana rock salt has the dis- 
tinction of heing the piwest in the Wdi'ld. \ 

' nil El! Mi.\j-:i;.\i. i>i-:rosiTs. 

In addition to tlic ndni'|-als naiiicd Louisiana is knnwn to he liili in others yet uiidrvcliipcd 
and particularly in linn'stnnc and niarhlc The latter aii' ;i(iw licing ipiai-i-ii'il in Winn l'ai-isli. lint as 
yet the development has not reached the jn-oportions ii \\ill in time \n cnnu'. Anntlu'r discovery of 
great value to the state is heds ol' potash and a nio\rini'nl is new nndiM-way to ilc\cl()p these discov- 
eries. Coal stratas are al<ii known to i'\isl. but so far no cIToi-t lias Ihmmi niadi' to dctcrndiu' thcii' 
extent and value. 

YELLOW PIXE. 

Louisiana I'ank.s as tlie serond slate oF the T'jiicjn in luniljrr proilmlion and the record is ci'cated 
through the operation of great sawniill plants engau'ed in getting out yellow pine liuuher. The largest 
sr.wunll in the Mdi'hl is in Lonisiana ami it is engaged wholly in yellow pine production. There are 
two principal species of yellow |)ine — loiigleaf and shortleai', there being several variations of the latter 
acfording to the vernacular of forest expei-ts. Yellow pine is ]n-ocUu-ed in 'M of the (U ])arishes of 
Louisiana and it will be the leadci- ol' mamifactured wood.s in tlie state for many \-ears to come. There 
are some ."lOO sawmills engaged in yellow ]iine production alone. 

('VfEESS. 

Cvpress is the most \aliiable ol' Lonisiana W(jods ami is regarded as one of the I'ielicst possessions 
of liie state. Clypress is found in the swamp and niai-!i ian(U and is known tbroughout the wcu'ld as ibe 
''wood eternal." ('ypre,ss is found in other states, but nol in llu' same abundance nor of the same quality 
as that of the tide water swamps of Ijouisiaiia. ()\\iiig |o its recogni/cd \alne as a commei'i-ial lumber 
it has alwa\'s brought a priee in cNeess of oihei- eonimereia! Innibei- pi'odueed in the state and for this 
reason all of the c\'press niiinu faetui-ing imiusti'ies ha\c enjoyed a prolitable existence. 

IIAEDWOdDS. 

The hardwood lunihei' maniifactui-ing industi-y has only begun insofar as Louisiana is concerned 
and in the course of time hardwoo<ls M'ill rank as the leading coininercial lumber ]u-oduction of the 
.state. Vast hardwood forests are to be found in almost every section of the state and a feature of its 
growth is that every vellow pine forest is liberally sprinkled with hardwood trees of the various species. 
Louisiana hardwood lumlier is today recogiii/ed as the <nperioi- of ihat of an\ other .state and as a result 
it is attracting tlie attention nf capital and capitalists interested in hardwood operations in other states. 
The leadiiiof hardwood species in ordei- are: White oak. red oak, ash, hickoiy, elm, red guni, yellow |)o[)lai', 
lieeeli, s\camore. inaiile, baswood. tupelo gum and peisinnnoii. 

i;ee(>i,'Est.\ti()X. 

Louisiana is making great strides in i-efiu'eslat ion and in the e(j|ii>e of time great liodies of 
reforested lands will exist in every sei'tion of the stale. The pi'iucipal refoi-( station woik now underway 
is at Urania, where a tract of ;)'i,ilOO acres is deiiKUistrating the vabie to the state and to timber land 
owners of scientific culture of commercial yellow pine. This foi-est is known as the State Forest Pre- 
serve and has attracted natimial interest. One of the results of the experiments at Crania is to prove 
that a stand of -tft.OflO feet pei- aei-e of vellow pine is possible in a xeiw few years with properly 
apjilied reforestation methods. 

iiiiiEi; REsnuncEs. 

Louisiana is rich in its bii-(l life a:id the ipiail. the wild turkey, the ])raii-ie ehieken. snipe and 
other game birds thrive as the\' <lo in i ther state. The wild diU'k life of the state is an attrac- 
tion that lu'inu's inanv lovers cd' the gun to the slate from every section of the eountry. 

Loui-^iana is also noted for its (K'er. wliile liriiin is found in thr' cane brakes and forests, (ireat 
ijaiiie preserves have been established in the state and an area in excess of .')llli,Oii(l acres is now devoted 
to the propagation and i)er|jetiiation of wild life of e\ci'y charact'.r. In the great State Forest J're- 
serve at Lrania, is one of the very few herds of <'lk in the I'liited States while sevei'al herd of deer 
are also thriviutr. Hunting is not allowed on the vast ai'eas de\olei| |o ihe (le\elo|iment of wild life. 

The fishing of Louisiana is uiie(puilled by any other state in the union and the fish industry 
has been commercialized on a large scale. The streams and rivers of ilie state teem with all the leading 
varieties of fresh water fish. Tim coastal waters of the slate abound in the greatest variety of edible 
fish to be found in any section of the I'liited States ranging from the pompano, red fish, speckled 

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sea trnut, sheepshead, red snapper, Spanish mackerel, flounder and mullet to inexhaustible quantities 
nf i-rabs, slirimp and otliei' uiollusks and crustaceans. 

Louisiana lias the g-reatest natural foundation for the oyster industry that is known to exist in 
tlie world. The state has a total water area of 409,230 acres available for oyster culture. Climatic 
conditions are perfect for the culture and growth of the oyster and tiie oyster fishing and marketing 
industry of the state i.s being rapidly expanded and developed. The commercializing of the oyster, 
shrimp and fish industry is |)ractic('d on a large scale, but is yet far fi'oni i-eacliing a noriiuil jjoint of 
development. 



Ideal Climatic Conditions 



'"^^^^■■^'11 ILE the truly ideal climatic condition does not exist on cither the North American oi- 

^k ^r f South American continents, there is what may be termed a near approach in which there 

\^^^ is but little temperature variations between the seasons. Louisiana is unquestionably the 

nearest approach to the ideal climate, for its winters are the joy of its residents and 

the mccca of thousands upon thousands of visitors annually. The war has put somewhat of a damper 

upon the ardor of the tourist, but in pre-war times the hotels of Louisiana did an enormous business 

throughout tlie winter season, and as the good road area of the State was increased the influx of visitors 

correspondingly did the same. The climate of the coastal section of the State is especially ideal, and the 

visitor is not only able to enjoy the balmiest of weather thi-ongboiit that ])eriod of the year when the cold 

winds or weather of other sections of the country render a residence therein uninviting, but he is able to 

enjoy all the pleasures of life that go with an ideal winter residential country. 

The prevailing winds of the coastal area facing the northern portion of the CTulf of Mexico 
come from the South and they bring with them not only a warmth of weather that is truly ideal, 
but are laden with health as they spread in their wake an impress of the salt from the sea that is ever 
enjoyable. The summer climate of Louisiana is especially enjoyable and this is borne out by the records 
of the weather bureau, for at no time has the thermometer reached those torrid heights recorded in 
every other state of the Union. The eveness of both the summer and winter temperature can be 
ascribed to the great bodies of water scattered throughout the state, many of them being lakes of the 
most fascinating type from the viewpoint of the pleasure .seeker and of great eonunercial value from 
that of the business man. I'hen again the State is dotted with rivers and bayous while its entire 
Southern border lies along the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and tluis the heat of the summer sun is 
tempered by its contact with the waters and the ever blowing breezes become bearers of the cooling 
moisture absorbed by the heat of the sun. 

The chief requisite of an ideal as well as a healthy climate is an average difference between the 
heat of summer and the chill of the winter period. A comparison of the two will show Louisiana un- 
equalled by any other state. The state is blessed by a climate that is ever inviting to the resident or 
tourist alike, be it winter or summer, while that period of the year from October to May is ideal for 
the tourist or the invalid and a fountain of inspiration,, health and happiness to all. The average 
winter temperature in the Southci'ii half of the state is .")3 degrees and in the Nortbei'ii half it is 4.j 
degrees. 

The great orange groves of the coastal section are always attractive to the visitor, while those 
who like hunting, fishing or other sports liave them handy in any section of the state. The hotel 
accommodations are ample and the ]u-iccs reasonable ami the variety of hotel and boarding liouse 
accommodations make it possible for the visitor to suit his pleasures to his poeketbook. 

ERRONEOU.S SUMMER OPINIONS. 

One of the amusing situations the all-the-year resident of Louisiana runs up against is the 
opinion of many winter visitors to the effect tliat the summer clinuite of the state must be unbearable 
because of its extreme Southern location in the United States. They come South in the winter and 
enjoy an almost continuous weather in which overcoats are unnecessary, light clothes always enjoyable 
and children found going barefooted every day of tlieir stay. They evidently base their opinion upon the 
wide variance between the chill of their own winters and the heat of their summers and conclude that 
if the weather of Louisiana is so nice and comfortable in the winter time, the same difference as pre- 
vails in their own section would make the climate unbearably hot in the summer months. So different 
are the actual facts to tliose who have nevei- spent a summer in the state that they appear unbelievable. 

In all of the Nortlicrn states anil in many of the Southern states the heat of summer cause,- 
many deaths as a result ol' what are termed heat prostrations. The records of Louisiana fail to show- 
even a heat prostration, ample evidence that the weather is not only excellent at all times, but that it 

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is tlio ideal location for tlic man pnu'ajrcil in pitlicr Inisinoss or lahoriii"' pnrsnits. In recent rears the 
white nuui ol' the state has pi-oven that the iiei;-|-o was not necessary to out-of-door work and it was the 
white man rmm the Xorlh wlio |iro\cil coii(liisi\cl\ i hiil nnl of ilom work in Tjoiiisiana was mori' sal'el v 
performed in ihe siininu'r iiionlhs than in :iii\ slate -Ill "I [\\r .Mason :um1 i)i\on line. 

In many scciions (jf llie slate are to he fonnd eiijuiiies of farmers from .Xorllierii climes who 
spend all of iheir lime in daylii^hl hours in tlie tiiliiiL;' ol l!:e soil. Their children are lo he lound in 
the field-s at all hours of Ihe da\' and the records pro\c liuit Ihey are healthier in the out-of-doors work 
they do in Louisiana than the\- ever were in the section (d' thi' wm-ld from whence thev originated. 
These farmers eonie from nuiiiy of the far Xortherii countries of j-'nrope. while among them are to he 
found many farmers from every state North of the so-called iMason and Di.xon line. 

JJX'fSfAXA'S II EM/I' 1 1 i;i:'Ci)l,'li. 

There was a lime in the histiu'y of those of us of the piesent geiieralioii when the man fi-oiii the 
Xorthern section.s of the I'niteil States could hardly lie induced to come to Louisiana because he he- 
lieved that if he did he was merely shortening the span nf his life as allotted Ijv fate. He heard of 
yellow fever and of other ejiidemics and Avhat fears he himself did not possess were added to hy tin' 
supposedly well meant remarks of his friends. Kut limes ha\e changed and with them conditions as 

well. Ko longer does yellow fever exist, and even if it did the i Ileal fratei'nity has ]n-oven that it 

never was hut one of the mildest forms of fever, the death i-ale that followed formerly in its wake being 
the result of an inability to fathom its mystery. Fi-om an aiuiual event, vellow fever is now an unknown 
visitor and the children of today have never even heard of it. Science has made it impossible for yellow 
fever or any other eiiidemic to take a compelling hold upon the people of Louisiana. This has been 
evidenced in the Spanish flu e]iideinic of lilis. The latter swe|jt through every state in the Union and 
left behind it an enormous toll of dead. It visited Louisiana as well as all the other states and while 
it occasioned a fear because of the toll of life it was taking throughout the country, the period of exis- 
tence in the state was mild in results as compared to any other state of the Union. Xo other reason 
can be assigned for its mildness than that Louisiana's cliuude is iileal fiom a health producing stand- 
point. 

The death rate of Xcw Orleans, the metropolis of Louisiana, is nnich lowei' than in any other 
city of equal size or larger in the United States. Xew Orleans has perfoniu'd wonders in recent years 
from a sanitation standpoint and as a result the city is today recognized as the healthiest of all the 
larger cities. Xew Orleans has a large colored population and as the death rate of the colored races is 
always in excess of that of the whites, the fact that the total dealh rate of the city is one of the 
lowest in the world is the best possible evidence to oiler as to the perfectness of its climate and its 
sanitary provisions. 

C()MI'.\l!.\'n\'rj .1 VERAGE MIXTEE T EM l'EI!ATr HE. 

One of the most interesting studies of the average tourist is that of comparing the comparative 
dill'erence of climate between sections of country they may desire to visit. .\ com])arison of the smaller 
communities is iinpossible, because of the lack of governmental records, hut of the larger and most 
popular cities the records are always available Ijecause the federal goNcrninent maintains a comiietent 
weather bureau in each. The three chief cities oj' the nation \isited hy the wintei- tourist are Xew Or- 
leans, Jacksonville, Fla.. and San Fi-anciseo. Cal. Tlie weather tiles al Xew Oi'leans show the following 
comparative difference hetwci'u the three cities for the ukuiIIis of Xo\emher. i)ecemher. .Ianuar\ and 
Februarw the four |irinci|ial months in which the tourist starts his visits: 

Sew Urlt'diix, La. — 



X'ovember 

December 

January 54 

February 58 

Season 

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December 
January .. 
February ... 
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A HE. I. 



There are 2cS, IKK). ()()() acres (jT hnul eiiihraeed in tlie 15, ()()(» ^(|iiare miles tliat make up the area 
of Louisiana. Thus a gohk'n perspective is oiTered tlie prospective farmer by the state, for its soil is 
the richest in all the world Ini- both agriciiKiiral and hdrticidtnral pursuits. These opportunities are 
wonderful in extent, becnusi' ciF (he gi-cat aiiKHiiit of cheap hinds Id be had, for out of the total acreage 
of the state there are only about 5,(KKI,(KH) acres under cultivation. About 13,()(H),(100 acres arc of 
alluvial origin, these alluvial lands being the home of the great cane growing section of tlie state and 
recognized as the greatest wealth |n'oducing lands under the sun. 'I'he remainder are not only of the 
best type of hill and prairie lands, but of a characrer unsurpassable for general farming or livestock 
operations. 

The wonderful fertility nf the alluvial lands of ihe state are today attracting the attention of 
the brains and capital of the business win-ld. As a result millions are being spent in drainage and 
each drainage undertaking that is completed adds immensely to the tillable area of such lands. They 
are the ideal lands f(U- every character of farm nperation and it is but a matter of time until there is 
not an acre of them, but what will be uiidc- 'iiltivatiim. The wvy best type of American fanners are 
taking hold of these lands and the results of their lalx'rs are wnuiiei'liil in the production of cane, rice, 
cotton, corn and other wealth producing crops. 

JJJl'JSIAXA STUAWHEimr CULTURE. 

The luscionsness of the strawberries raised in Louisiana ha\e lirought a new source of wealth 
and of fame to the state. The wealth jiroducing resources of the state have, in a national sense, been 
focused upon its great oil, sulphur and gas deposits, its tremendcuis forest areas and its record in 
cotton, cane and rice production frmn a farming standpoint. It is in but recent years that strawberry 
culture was undertaken from a wealth producing standpoint and each year witnesses not oidv the in- 
creasing wealth of those engaged, but an added nund^er of strawberry raisers as well. The strawlierrv 
crop is now an annual producer of friiiii one to two ndllions of dollars to the growers and it is but a 
question of time until this annual stated value has been increased many times. 

The Louisiana citizen en.joys strawberries throughout all the winter months. The growing sea- 
son starts in January and runs well into March and A])ril. It is no unconunon thing for Louisiana 
citizens to have strawlierries from patches in their own back gardens fiu- (he taj)le on Christmas day 
and the great outstanding feature is that the berries are jilucked from vines raised out in the open. 
Today Louisiana berries are finding a market in all the large cities of the cotmtry and the demand 
from the Xorth and p]ast is such that the production is nowhere equal to it. The great commercial 
production is at present centered in that ]iin1ion of the .state lying to the east of the Mississippi River. 
While they are grown in every section of the state in all of the winti'r months, thev have not as vet been 
made a commercial pro|)osition, exce])t in the territory mentioned. 

Every town and hamlet <dong the ti'aeks cd' the Illinois Central in Loiusiana and to the noidh 
of Xew Orleans finds strawberry culture a leading wealth producer. Tangipolioa Parish is as vet 
the leading producing territory, but adjoining parishes are rapidly increasing their acreage and it is 
but a question of time until all of them are equally as famous for their commercial production. 
Hammond is at present the center of ship]iing and ])roduction, but Kentwood, Pontchatoula, Xat- 
albany, I'oseland, lndei)endence and .\nute ai-e all busy places of activity during the berry shipping 
season. 

Berry raising is merely one of a number of crops raised in the territory referred to, but the 
financial return.s have Ijcen so great that the farmers and truck raisers are nuikiug it their one sure 
s-ource of revenue and as it is a winter croj) with them, their lands are utilized during the stimmer 
months in the production of other and almost e(|ually as successful wealth producing crops. It is no 
infrequent story in recent winter months to hear of from 30 to In carloads being shipped from one 
station in a single day during the producing and marketing season. 

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The Sugar Industry 



Ci;i-]\']()rs to tlio yroat struggle now going on in Hin'opo in which the civilized nations of the 
earth are hattling with a cruel and unenlightened eiieni.v for the salvation and preservation ol 
civilization, sugar was looked upon as more of a luxury than a necessity, and treated as such. 
At times the sugar ind\istrv in the United States has received a merited government prote<-- 
tii.n, 1/ut mostly it has heen legislated against in a manner that not only produced the helief that it was a 
luxury, hut that it was a product of agriculture and of the refineries that could be largely dispensed 
with. True, it was looked upon as essential in some ways, hut those ways alone would have produced 
hut little encouragement to the grower and the refiner had they alone been their sole source of marketing. 

But what a ditt'erent asjiect the war has placed upon the sugar industry in every corjier of the 
civilized Avorld. The drain ii[ion its sources are such that in every laiul restrictions are placed upon its 
consumption so there will be no wasteful extravagance, and the governments of sugar-producing nations 
arc undertaking methods by wdiich they can increase its production. It wcjuld seem to the casual man 
a i|ucer fact that it took a great war to impress upon the peoples and the governments of the earth 
the importance of sugar to the welfare and well-being of the peo])le at home and away from the fighting, 
and particularly so for the boys who are on the firing line saeriHcing their lives and their future pros- 
pects in life for the preservation of the countries under whose flags they are fighting. The fact re- 
mains that it has taken a war of the gigantic proportions of the one that is being fought today on the 
blood-stained soil of France, Belgium and Italy, to impress upon the governments of the earth the real 
and actual essential necessity of sugar in building up the physical systems of the men being trained for 
the Ijattle-lront and maintaining their physical fitness and ]M-owess on the actual fighting lines. It is 
true that there are other commodities that enter into the essential food necessities of the peoples of 
the world and the fighting forces of those peoples, but without sugar there would be no sweetness to 
awaken and hearten the men as does a taste of the latter when the boys are tired and disheartened 
from the terrible strain and drudgery tliat is undoubtcdiv their lot. 

The conservation of sugar itself is something that cannot be undertaken by the governments of 
the earth with a view to pi'olonging and preserving the supply forever. Its conservation should be at its 
source or fountain head, the soil from which it is produced. Legislation .should be enacted making it 
profitable and possible for the owners of cane or sugar beet producing soils to maintain not only the 
high quality of their lands, but to improve them by the use of those methods and means that science 
determines by actual experience as the best methods. In other words, the price of sugar, cane or beet, 
should be such as to encourage the grower to a greater or more determined efl'ort to make his laud liold 
ings produce all of the sugar, nuilasses or syrups possible, and to utilize every available portion of his 
holdings in such production. J-Jeing assured of an actual satisfactory financial return, the owner of lands 
suitable to the culture of cane and of sugar beets would see to it that production ne\cr lagged. 

The need for the preservation of an industry must lii'st begin at its f(nintain head, and that head 
is the source from which is produced the product from which the finished nuiterial is made. This nuiy 
not be true of some of the manufactured articles of commerce today, but in those essentials of hunuin ex- 
istence, such as foodstuffs, it is and always has and always will be true. Sugar, as it is known to the gen- 
eral public, is a manufactured or refined commodity, and while flu? same public may have knowledge of 

the fact, or at least a glimmering idea, that sugar is produced \'v a cane that is principally rai.sed in 

Louisiana or from beets that are raised in several states of the rnion. it does not care a continental about 
tlie conditions surrounding its production so long as it can have all it wants and all it needs whether it 
be as an essential or a luxury of life. At least such has been the c;ise with the general public in the 
United States up to that pei'iod of time after their country enlcrcil ihc wai-. when they were restricted 
in their use of sugars and iliscovered that it was too scarce to gixc thcni all thev wanted and at tlie 
same time afford the boys engaged in actual fighting the amount that was necessary to their well being 
and physical fitness. 

The writer remembers of recently reading the life liistory of two or three great athletic stars of 
recent years. One of them was later in life the holder of all world's records in long distance sprinting, 
and he attributed his wonderful stamina and speed to the fact that for nuuiy years of his life he was a 
contirmed eater of sugar. It appear,-; that in early life he was forced to retire from college because of the 
poor condition of his health and physical person. He obtained work in a sugar refinerv and. liking the 
taste of sugar, he ate as much of it as was possible during his working hours. In but a few short months 
lie noticed a wonderful change in his physical condition. He could do the hardest of work with men 
who Imd always been physically lit: he c(nild work harder and longer than nun-e rugged-looking men who 
had never heen the weaklings in lilV ihat tliis athlete-lo-be had been. He went to a doctor for a physi- 
cal examination and for a talk, and the doctor infornJed him that it was tlie great quantities of brown 
sugar he was eating that was responsible for the change in him. Thereupon he became a greater eater 
than ever, and it was not long until he had ai'hieved a jilace in the wm-ld for himself as one of its 
greatest athletes. The other employes could have been equally as perfect from a physical standpoint, 

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but, like most men, they grew tired of the commorlity they were handling anrl ate it but sparingly. The 
other athletes referred to were all great eaters of sugar also, l)ut they had never Ijeen compelled to build 
up a weak jjhysieal system as had the discarded college student who was compelled to quit school and go 
to work in a sugar retinery at Philadelphia. 

"With the essential tiuality of sugar established as a commodity necessary to the well being of 
human existence, the irablic mind should now be in that receptive mood necessary to its taking an act- 
ive interest in the needs and necessities of the sugar industry and demanding that these needs and neces- 
sities be safeguarded and protected by the federal government. The time for a concerted action that will 
pi-oduce beneficial results in tbe present when the public mind is forcibly impressed with its own necessi- 
ties and needs in the way of sugai'. 

Getting down to tlie real iiii|)(ii'tance of the sugar industry to Xew Orleans and to Louisiana, the 
great fact is established that Xew Orleans particularly has built up a world-wide reputation becau,se of 
its sugar industry. Go to the snuillest hamlet or the largest metropolis of any of the other great states 
of the I'liion and ask the irjhabitants as to where the center of the American sugar industry is and 
they will reply New Orleans. Their mind has been so focused upon Louisiana sugars, Louisiana mo- 
lasses, and certain sweets in which sugar is a prime factor, all with the label of Xew Orleans stamped upon 
them, that it immediately reverts to sugar when New Orleans is mentioned. Of course, the city is noted 
for many other things besides sugar and molasses, and the by-products thereof, but the mind of a mere 
people is attracted more strongly and more firmly to the essential sweets of life than to any other factor 
therein. 



New Orleans — TKe Center of Industry 

New Orleans is today recognized as the actual center of the sugar industry of the United States. 
This is not because of the fact that its surrounding territory produces more of the product, but because 
much of the raw products from many countries are turned into the finished material and shipped to 
the consuming publii- fnim Xew Orleans. As a result of its great sugar numufacturing enterprises New 
Orleans is today one of the hirgest market centers of sugar in the world as well as of the United States. 
It is the leading market for tbe great raw sugar production of Cuba, the various South American coun- 
tries, Porto Rico, the Central American states and of Mexico, and the future holds forth the promise that 
it will be even a greater factor than ever in the developnxent of the sugar production of the various states 
and countries named. 

The peoples of the world are owed by the world a little of the sweetness of life, and New Orleans 
and l^ouisiana are ])repared to furnish it. 

There is not a citizen of Louisiana who is not interested in the welfare of the sugar industry. A 
large jiercentage of the wealth of the state is invested in the industry and the greater the prosperity of 
the planter and the refiner the greater is bound to be the return to the man who has bis capital invested 
in other forms of commercial or iiuhustrial enterprise. The cane-producing section of the state is con- 
fined exclusively to the southern half, and therefore all of the capital invested in the sugar industry is 
located therein. This southern half of the state is the sugar bowl of the United States, and from it 
comes much of the sugar that the citizens of the nation require. There is much land in the state suit- 
ahh' to cane culture that has nc\er been used for such purposes, while a considerable portion of lands 
formerly so utilize<l have been transferred to the production of other farm crops because of the halo of 
uncertainty surrounding the industry as a result of the lethargy f)f the people of the United States in 
pro])erly protecting the grower so that he could be assured of a safe financial return upon his investment 
as a planter and his labor as a citizen. 

Sugar is not a product of all states, of all countries, and of all soils. This being the case, it is but 
fair to assume that conditions should be created by which that area suitable to sugar culture is not 
only conserved as such alone l)ut that every available acre is made to produce. Sugar is one-sixth, ac- 
cording to science, of the total sustenance of life, and therefore one of the most essential of food products. 

Cane-growing soils are found in but small areas of the world, and it is proliably due to this that 
there is so much ignoraiu-e on the part of the public as to the trials and tribulations of the grower. The 
heavy expense attached to its planting, culture and harvest cannot l)e appreciated by the public at large 
because so small a portion of it is thrown in actual contact with the grower. 

Trobablv the best method of bringing home the value of the annual sugar production to the citi- 
zens of Louisiana, many of whom apparently express an ignorance of the same, is to .«tate its purchasing 
power, and in doing so its value is equally impressed upcui the people of other states, for much of this 
jmrchasing power is expended in material produced in states other than Louisiana. Conservative figures 
are estimated at $26,200,000. these figures being based upon years in normal times. With the advent of 

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the liuited States into the workl war, the cost of proauotion of all mamifactm-Gcl or farm raised com- 
modities has been enhanced, and naturall.v the pur,-liasin,<>- power of the ^itiwar crop of Louisiana has 
materially increased witlioiil a material eidiaucemenl in vahic In the pivHlmrV. This purchasing power, 
according to the estiuuitcs prepared, is conlined to horses, mule^, macliinerv. lumljer, brick, coal, fuel, 
lubricating oils, food products, vehicles, farm implements, butter, cheese, lime, cement, boots, shoes, 
clothing, hats, and cooperage for sugar barrels. From this it will be divined that the great sawmills, oil 
refineries, brick factoi'ies and other industrial enterpi-ises of Tjouisiana, as well as the" farmer of other 
products, reaps a portion of his ])ros]ierit\- from the sugar planter and refiner, while the emploves of 
the same benefit in the same i)roportioii. jAIany of the necessaries neeiled by the sugar iudustrv and men- 
tioned in the above list have to l)e purchased from mamiractuivis in otiirr states, this being true of 
the belting needed in the grinding plants and the reaneries, the cli)thiiig. hats, shoes, farm implements, 
coal, cheese, lime, cement, etc. Such being the facts, those engaged in the industries producing these 
necessities, as well as their (.m|)loycs. have a vital interest in a rnntiiuicil and assured prosperitv of the 
Louisiana sugar plantci'. 

The actual pi'e-war vr.luc oT tlie tutal prenianciit invc><tiiient cif the Louisiana sugar ijidustrv was 
placed at $lil(i,()ii(l.(iO(i. this investment being centered in llic lands with their buildinsi and field im- 
provements, the sugar houses, railways and their equii)ment. Any estimate of the value of this pernui- 
nent investment today would be impossible because of the ever-changing and advancing values of the nia- 
termls used in pernnuient improvLinents. and particularly so in machinery. It is nothing todav for a 
second-hand piece of nuiebinery \r.\iMy worn and out of date lo bring a higher ])!-icc than ainodern piece 
of brand new machinery intended for tin- same purpose in the days befei'e the war. With this fact in 
mind, it therefore is plainly impossible to establisli a correct estimate of the value of the permanent 
in\estment. but it is safe to say that it is far in excess of .^-^iKi.Odd.iioo. 

'J'he actual acreage entirely suitable and imme<liatcly available for cane culture is not known, but 
the cultivated area is conlined to .'500.0(10 acres, and the value of the cro]3 therefrom might be placed at 
close to $-l5,O0O,()OO. There are some who place the valuation of the 1!)1.S crop at close to the $50,000.- 
000 mark. This culti\ated area supports a population of a hall' million people, and between these half 
million people and the annual viilue (if the cane production there i-; ivpresented the creation of an inter- 
state commerce that sliouhl easily appioach the $100,000,000 niai'k I'nr lOlS. 

In referring to the total acreage used for cane rult ixaiiiui as lieing .'iOO.OOO acres, there is just 
double that anaount iictually usable, nr (iOO 000 acres, hut the olbei- ;100,000 acie- is used in the produc- 
tion of seed cane and for the raising of farm crops necessary to the live stock employed and the needs of 
the family and the families of eniidoyes working on the various ])lantations. In late years many cane 
growers have been using rice as a rotation crop in connection with corn ami peas. The actual acreage 
reserved for seed cane is one-sixth of the acreage use! for producing commercial cane, the remainder of 
the acreage being in the other ci-ups mentioned. In tlie cane-]3roducing territory there are vast acres of 
SM'amp lands subject to drainage and suitable for cane cuUnre that would long ago have been developed 
had tlie capital interested in sugar production felt an inherent safety in the jiermanency of its invest- 
ment. This one fact ahme should e.lTer a suitable inilucemei^t for the great government of the United 
States to enact legislation that would insure the safety' of such pernument investments and thus liasteu 
the reclanuition of vast swamp laml aci'cage in South L(niisiana. 

Sugar was first produ(cd in Louisiana as a coninicn-ial xciiture in the year of ITilo. The grow- 
ing of sugar cane was first inti-odui-cil into the territory of those times by the Jesuit Fatliers from San 
Domingo, who bad built up 'piitc an iniln>tiy in that ciaintry. I'riiu- to i;!i."i !he use of the juice of the 
cane was confined to the mannfartun' of rum and syrup, with the leavings of ciaide sugar for the use of 
the people in surrounding t^ri-itoi-y. It must be stated that elTorts to produi-e a eommei-cial sugar were 
made by the planters of the earlier jieriod, but the cane grew so well in the rich liumus of South Loinsi- 
ana that all attempts proved abortive. In 17!)1 Don .\ntonio Wendez succeeded in producinsr the first 
suitable commercial sugar, but it was not until 179.") that Etienne de Bore made such a large produc- 
tion of the raw sugars of those times, his •^uceess inducing many others to go into the business, so that 
the real development of sugar production i-eally dates with the (■llorts of the latter, and to him belongs 
the credit of being the father of the iiuhi^try. Between the eiaide industry of that time and the inTer-" 
vening 123 years great chaiiges have been wrought in the iilanlim;'. 'illage and refining methods, one of 
the.se changes being reflected in the fact that Xew Orleans is the home of the world's largest and most 
modern sugar refinerv, that of the .\merican Sugar IJefinery ('om|)any, at f'halmette. The impor- 
tant periods in the history of the industry following the development of sugar production in 179.") were 
in the year 1830. when the production I'earlied a t^dal of twenty million jjiuukIs: in ]S30, when steam 
was introduced into the mills as the source of power; in l.S."i4, when nearly .Vio million pounds were pro 
duced. and in 1882, when the cetiti'alizecl plant came into existence. 

There are two lattei'-day epochal pei'iods in the history of the sugar industrv in Louisiana. The 
Itrst was in 1892, when the I'nited States government, recognizing the importance of developing the 
industry, offered substantial bounties on ail sugars manufactured within the Ignited States. The last one 

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was in 1910, when the American Sugar Eefining Company, at its Chalmette plant, introduced the last 
word in engineering and chemical formulas. The Chalnictto jilant was opened in that year. 

Sugar is the one product of Louisiana upon whii h the re|jutation of the state has been built and 
nuiiutaiued for more than a century. It has been the luost remunerative advertisement the state and the 
city of New Orleans have enjoyed in an international sense, rnlike nil, lumber, and other industrial 
]iroducts extracted from soil production, the growiui;- of siifiar cane can be made everlasting, and such 
being the case, it first becomes tlie duty of the state and its citizens to see to it that local or state legis- 
lation and other conditions arc suitable to the well being of the industry, and of the federal govcrniiient 
In hcilgc about it every encouragement that will guarantee ami assure the planter a suitable return for 
his investment and his labors regardless of natinnal nr intei'iiatinual trade conditions. 



Louisiana Live Stock Industry 



While the war has retarded the development nl' the live stock industry in Louisiana in accord- 
ance with pre-war plans, it has at the same time served to Ijring to the attention of the nation tliat a per- 
manently established live stock industry is most essential In its welfare. It lias also brought ijito being 
the one undisputed fact that such an industry can only develop in a i)ro(itable way where tiie created con- 
ditions of both nature and man are most suitable. As a result of the war and the broadened outlook of 
the national government, and of all engaged in the live stock industry as well, attention has been 
focused ujion Louisiami and its wonderful natural requisites as a cattle, hog and sheep-raising country. 
No state in the Uuinu is blesseil with more of the iiatiii-al advantages that go to make for the success 
of such an industr\-. its great areas of virgin and cut-over tind)er lands, intersjaersed with the open 
prairie and tree-clad hills, all producing an abundance of wild but natural forage, form the beginning 
of an ideal natural location that is not equalled by or in any other state of the Union. The next, and 
one of the most essential requirements for the successful development of such an industry, as a ijlenitude 
of fresh water, and as fresh water is indigenous to Louisiana at all seasons of the 3'ear, all the require- 
ments of nature are therefore grouped in lavish abundance within its borders. 

Lavish as has nature has been in its endowment of the natural perquisites for the raising of live 
stock in Louisiana, still more lavish do these perqitisites become when properly directed by the hand of 
man. But little effort is required or needed to turn this nature created Garden of Eden into a man- 
created paradise. The natural forage of nature is changed to the most luscious creation of food litxu- 
ries for aninutls by but little effort on the part of man. Xowhere else in the nation is there s state so 
favored for live stock raising, where the resources of nature and the genius of man can be so easily and 
so economically combined. Given such a favorable situation, tlie only wonder is that Louisiana was not 
long ago the leader of live stock production in the LTnited States. 

There are two essentia! bi'andies of the live stock iiulustry as it has heretofore been practiced in 
the United States. One of these branches covered the raising of cattle for the market, and the other the 
raising of cattle for the conduct ot a dairying business. The great ])lains of Texas and the Southwest, 
and the mountains and plains of the Western states, have been in the past the seat of activity for the rais- 
ing of cattle for the market, while the dairying end of the li\e stock industry has been confined to those 
sections of country nearest to the larger markets. It is (d' course true that the dairy farmer produced 
cattle for the market, but it is also true that the exclusive live stock raiser for the market never was a 
factor in the dairy business because the scene of his operations were too far removed from market sources. 
One proved the necessity of being near a market and the other the fact that distance to tlic market was 
no object so long as there was plenty of available clieap lands for the cattle to roam over at will. Kecent 
years have also proven in the latter case t'u't nature has to finally be considered as the most important 
factor for severe winters and long ])eriods of drought have brought ruin to the man catering alone to 
the beef needs of the nation. Sheep and hogs are raised for the niarket in all sections of the country, but 
sheep production could only be practiced on a large scale Uo- the market in the far West becau.«e of 
the need of plenty of land and plenty of forage for slieep to ill■n\^ze. 

While Lnuisiana has never lieeii noted as a livestock producing state, still it has sent forth to the 
market for many years a large amount of cattle, sheep and hous. Its wool production has been an im- 
]iortant factor in the prosperity of several widely separated sections. Despite the known imiiortance of 
the industry and its wealth-creating ])oss!bilities, no attention was ever paid to it from a strictly busi- 
ness standpoint, so that what production there has been of cither cattle, shee]3 or hogs, has been largely 
left to nature, and in nature's hands alone it has pros])ered beyniid the ken of native appreciation. But 
nature alone does not produce fine breeds of cattle, sheep or hogs. Left to themselves to propagate and 
feed as they will, animal life naturally deteriorates in value so that the stock th.e state has shipped to 
market has really been a detriment in place of an advantage to the proper development of the industry. 
The proper attention at the hands of man. combined with the lavish riches sup])lied by nature, would 
have made of Louisiana not only the great market-producing live stock state in the nation, but the great- 

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est diurviiis- state as well. With a vast area of suitable lands for live stock production on a nninificent 
scale Louisiana, with its natural advantages, is the ideal location for both the dairy farmer and the market 
j'aiser. in addition to lieing a great market itself, it is nearer the great marketi of the nation for both 
inn-poscs and with the great advantages bestowed by miture is the ideal home of both the dairv farmer 
and the market ]>roducer. 

The reputation of Louisiana in an agricultural way has been made on cane, cotton and rice, with 
the result that its possibilities in forage production lia\c been lost sight of. The finest of alfalfa hay is 

produced within the state, while it is the natural hoj f lospedeza and the various bean and pea crops. 

(^orn is another crop that is necessary to the proper development of the live stock industry, and nowhere 
in all the United States are even as good crops produced on the acreage planted to that great wealth- 
producing grain. And in connection with the past and present production of corn, of hav and other for- 
age crops, it must be borne in mind that even to tlie present time the great bulk of production is by- 
farmers who pay no attention to soil rejuvenation or the possibilities of scientifie farming. However, an 
intei'est in scientific farming has been aroused and is gradually spi-eading, and it is to be noted that lauds 
so tilled i)roduce yields such as can be eciualled by no other state in the Union. The fertility of the 
soil is thus established by the good results from poor farmiiig operations and its wondrous possibilities 
further established by the results oi)taiued on lands whei'c the science of man is coudjined with the lav- 
ishness of nature. At the same time there is established the ideal miture of the state for tlie building up 
of a great and ])rosperous live stock and dairy farming industry. 

During the year of I'JlS there lias been established in Louisiana a great goat and sheep-raising 
indu!-try, and the results so far indicate that no better loeatimi could be sec'ured. The establishment of 
this industry was due to the disastrous effects of a drouth in a state long noted for its sheep production 
and the comparison of results obtained so far indicate that Louisiana is really the ideal home for both 
slice[) and goats on either a large or a small scale. The industry was establisiied on the cut-over lands 
of the (ireat .Southern Lund^er Company in Washington parish, and its success has proven the truth of 
an old contention that both the virgin and the cut-o\cr timber lands of the state could be turned to no 
more profitable or essential use than as ranges for the gra'/;ing of both cattle and sheep. At the same 
time, such an industry would permit of the natural reforestation of the cut-over lands of the state, and thus 
make pernument the reputation of Ijouisiana as the second greatest lumber-producing state of the 
TInion. 

There are a number of successful dairy farms in the state, the most of them being established 
in connection with cane plantations. The records show that several of the cane planters are also special- 
izing in dairy farming and with the greatest of success, but of course this character of operation has not 
been developed to the fullest extent by any of them, for such development would of necessity mean 
the establishment and operation of great creamery and cheese manufacturing plants. From a strictly 
milk-producing standpoint, these dairy fanns are a distinct success. There are a couple of creameries 
located in the state, and they are doing a prosperous business. There are also a nundjcr of good dairy 
farms in the cut-over land section of the state to the east of the Mississippi Eiver, and while' those en- 
gaged therein are enjoying a prosperous business, a greater prosperitv would be theirs was the business 
a specialized oiu? instead of merely a successful adjunct to general farming operations. 

In the northern jjortion of the state there are several lumbermen who are giving partitidar atten- 
tion to fancy live stock, and they have achieved a great success. Particnlarly is this so in the vicinity of 
Kuston, where great areas of cut-over lands are being utilized for lixc stock producing purposes, with 
several specializing in breeding farms for the production of what nught be termed show herds. In this 
connection, it caji be stated that wlierever exhibited the cattle fr(uu such farms Jmve proven prize-winners. 

In addition to the large areas of cut-over and jirairie lands suitable for live stock rai^ino- on a 
large scale, Louisiana has untold thousands upon thoui-ands of acres of marsh lands that could be made 
especially fit for grazing purpo.scs. Proper drainage would render them free of whatever objectionable 
features there might exist, and the richness of the soil windd insure a jn-oduction of good foVage fi-ass 
unparalleled in tbe history of gi-ass raising. The federal Dejiartment of Agriculture i'as conducted ex- 
tensive experiments looking to the securing of a proper grass for such lands, aiul has produced at least 
three varieties, which has been strenuously attempting tlie owners of such lands to utilize. The proper 
assistance by both state and federal agencies would nuilce several million acres of such lands available 
for stock raising and thus would he created a wealth-ijroducing industry that is of national esscntialness 
in either times of peace or war. 

The State Fair, annually held at Slireveport, and Live Stock Kxpcisition, annuallv held at Xew 
Orleans, have done much to arouse the latent interest of Louisiana land-owners in the real financial value of 
the live stock industry conducted as a business investment. 'J'hey luive resulted in tbe develo]nnent of 
many special live stock farms and have inculcated the feeling among the snuiller farmers of the state that 
they have been passing up a golden oiiportunity in overlooking the possibilities offered in the raising of a 
better type of cattle, sheep and hogs. Live stock is really a |Kirl of a well iliversified farming operation, 
and had the proper attention been paid to the same by tiie farmers of tbe state, then Louisiana farmers 

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would have ranked as the most prosperoTis in the country and the attention of dairy farmers and live stock 
raisers the country over so focused that no effort would be required to ])lace every acre of available land 
to such uses. 



The Paper Industry) 

^^^^ HK manufacture of paper and strawboard has been permanently established in Louisiana by the 
/ /^ successful installation and operation of two of the largest plants of their kind in the United 
%. 9 states. By a coincidence, both of tliese plants are located at Bogaliisa. and both utilize the 
waste of the sawmills and the waste of tlie forests exclusively as the raw material of produc- 
tion. A high grade of wrapping and print ])aper is being manufactured at both plants, the print paper of 
course being for other than newspaper ]n'oductiou. The two plants at Bogahisa represent an investment 
of at least -$4,000,000, and furnish employment to hundreds of people. The only other paper-producing 
plant in the South utilizing sawmill and forest waste is located at Orange, Texas. Following the war 
it is likely that other plants will be established in the State, as well as in other Southern States, for the 
demand for their products is unlimited. The wrapping paper made from the yellow pine pulp has the 
distinction of being superior to any other wrapping paper in the world. 

Tlie utilization of riee straw, cotton stalk pith and bagasse in the numufacture of paper will also 
soon be realized in Louisiana. Just prior to the entrance of the United States into the war a company 
had been organized to build such a plant at New Iberia and work of construction on the buildings was 
well under way when the war work of the nation interfered. The plant will be completed later on and 
placed in operation. Those interested have had tests made of the utilization of the materials mentioned, 
and the tests proved that their use was possible as a commercial venture. The succesful operation of such 
a plant would unquestionably be followed by other similar plants. 



KJaval Stores Industr)) 

OXE of the least known Init yet one of the most valuable and far-reaching industries of Louisiana 
is that of the production of naval stores, or rosins and turpentine. These two great commer- 
cial products are a by-product of the long-leaf pine forests, the gum being extracted from the 
trees by a bleeding process, and purified or refined in what are known as turpentine stills. Tlie 
industry has yet far to go before it reaches the apex of possible production in the State, so that its 
value as an industry today is far below what it will be in the course of time. The war has brought for- 
cibly to the attention of all governments the essential value of both rosins and turpentines, for with 
neither a successful war, as is being fought today, would be impossible. For instance, shrapnel 
would he impossible without rosins, and good paints impossible without turpentine. The soap produc- 
tion of the present day would also be impossible without rosins. Then, again, there could be no wooden 
ships without rosins, whili' steel and <ither ships would he nowhere near as good. A wooden deck is 
essential on a steel vessel, aud this deck w(ndd he unsuitable without rosins to surface it olf. 

Lalior and other war conditi(uis have of necessity lessened the production in all states, but prior 
to the entrance of the United States into the present war, the annual value of naval stores production 
was in excess of $5,000,000 in Louisiana alone. The actual value of the 1918 crop will be greatly in 
excess of that figin'e, despite the lact that production has been greatly curtailed, the advance in prices 
miu'c thau making up the difference. 

The war has I'ather unsettle<l naval stores developuient, as it has other industries, so thei'e are no 
figures of a relial)le nature as to tlie extent of production at the present time. Before conditions became 
unsettled, the annual production of tui'pentine auu)unted to cSO,000 casks, and of rosins 400,000 barrels. 
The comiuercial \veight of a barnd of rosin is 280 pounds. 

One of the by-products of Ihe nav.il stores imlustry is pine oil, and this latter is becoming recog- 
ni:'.ed for its gi'eat curative value from a medical standpoint. The great production of pine oil comes 
from plants that utilize the waste of the lorests and the sawmills through destructive distillation pro- 
cesses, and there are now several of such plants in opci'ation. One sucli plant is now operating in New 
Orleans, aud following the end of the wai in Euro|)c another one is to be established. Tar, and manv 
other by-products are also obtained iroir the latter class of plants, and a high gi-ade of charcoal. 

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Timber Resources of Louisiana 



^ ^» * HE second largest manufacturing iudustrj' in the United States is that of lumber, and Louisiana 
m '^^ stands second among all the States in its production. There is but little difference between 
^LW the production figures of the first two States, but tliere is a marked difference between Louisi- 
ana and the State standing third in the list. Louisiana headed the list of States in production 

for many years, and droi^ped to second place because of the cutting ont of a number of operations. 

There are three varieties of commercial woods in Louisiana; that is, three recognized divisions. 
The leading species in production today is yellow pine. Cypress comes next, and is followed by hard- 
woods. There are many commercial woods in the hardwood species, but they are all grouped as hard- 
woods. Another interesting fact in connection with the three woods mentioned is that they are the three 
leailing commercial woods of tlie United States. There are several species of pine, hut they are com- 
nuudy divided into long-leaf and short-leaf. From iong-ieaf conies the nation's production of naval stores 
— rosins and turpentines — and, while Louisiana is far down the list at present in naval stores ]iroduction, 
it is but a (juestion of time until it leads all otlier states. 

'I'he second largest production of lumber in Louisiana is tliat of cypress and, like otiier woods, there 
are two or more species, but each known as cypress. The finest cypress in the world is fonnd in what is 
known as tidewater swamps, and of tlie latter Louisiana possesses about all there is to be fonnd in the 
Inited States. There is a cypress that is found in other swampy sections, but it is neither so red nor as 
histing in quality as the far-famed liouisiana tidewater red cypress. The total Louisiana ]n-oduction has 
fallen otV a great deal in the last few years because of the cutting out of a nund)er of swamps, but there 
is still a large .stumpage remainin.g, and (juite a nuinliei- nf mills of the present time will lie in operation 
for many years to come. 

The manufacture of hardwood lumlier is virtually in its infancy in Louisiana, and in course of 
time tills wood will lead all others in the amount of annual production insofar as the state is concerned. 
The hardwood species are many, but the leading varieties are red oak, white oak, ash, cottonwood, red 
gum and tupelo gum. Then there are elm, magnolia, pecan, persimmon, hickory and walnut, but the 
.stands are small and scattered throughont ti'acts of other species. Within the last four years a number 
of new hardwood mills have gone into operation, and a great many more were under consideration at 
the time the United States entered the wai. The latter projects were abandoned for the time being, but 
after the war is over and commercial conditions become stabilized there is no question but what hard- 
wood priMhictiiui will be materially increased. 

There is no standard of today by which the actual timber values can be gauged, as tlie war has 
created such an enormous demand for lumber, and the enhanced price of everything of commercial value 
is also reflected in the price of stum])age. Before the United States entered the war the assumed value 
of all the forest lands of the state was in excess of $l()ii,()l)(t,i)0(), and the assessed value half as much. It 
will be many years before the forest area of the state is anywhere near exhausted, and steps are now 
being taken that will assure the perpetuity of the lumber industry. Most of the cut-over areas are ideal 
for reforestation, and as the lands of the state are rich in soil fertility, trees grow to a commercial size 
quicker than in any other state of the Union. 

The tax rolls of the state show a forest area of (J.IOO.OOO acres. There are now about 8,200,000 
acres of denuded lands. The latter are generally referred to as the eut-over lands of the state. The pine 
and hardwood lands will unquestionably be reforested to a large extent, but once a cypress swamp is 
cut out, it is gone forever. As a rule, the swamps are drained and reclaimed for agricultural purposes 
about as fast as the timber growth is eut. 

There are more than 800 sawmill plants in Louisiana, they ranging from the largest in the world 
to the smallest character of operations. The latter are generally portable plants, the mills being moved 
from one location to another as fast as the surrounding timber is cut out. The actual given nu'.'iber is 
impossible of correctly stating because there are always old ones going out of business and new ones being 
placed in operation. The assessed valuation of the sawmills of the state is in excess of $7',000,00(;. 



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RUKKIX (J. PLEASANT. 
GoveiTior. 

.^^ I'FFIN G. PLKASAXT. one of the t'oi-emo.sl 
M-<€ men in the State oi' Louisiana, was horn 
.»-\. .June 2. 1872, at Shiloh. Union Parish. Kiiu- 
cated at Concord Institute. Shiloh. and at Ru.sh- 
toM ("ollese. Col. Pleasant later attended the Mt. 
Lebanon Colle,i!e. and suljsei|uently gradnateil 
from the Louisiana State University, graduatin^,- 
with degree of bachelor of arts, and was adjutant 
of the cadet corps and cai.-tain of both the foot- 
ball and baseball teams. He taimlit at his alma 
mater for two years after graduation, attending 
the Harvard School of Law in isil5. and after- 
wai'ds fooU a course in law at Yale, rjcturning 
to Louisiana. Col. Pleasant was made Professor 
of Intel-national and Constitutional Law at the 
State University until tlie breaking out of the 
Spanish-American War. serving as Lieutenant 
Colonel of the First Louisiana Volunteer Regi- 
ment. In 1909 he was made president of the 
alumni society of the State University, and still 
holds that position. Admitted to the bar in 189.S. 
he became City Attorney of Shreveport in 1902, 
and was re-elected for two successive terms. In 
1908 he made the race for Attorney General, but 
was defeated by Attortiey General Guion, but 



later becoming a candidate for office in 1912, was 
nominated b.\- the largest \ ote ever .given a Demo- 
crat in this S'tate. cariying fifty-eight parishes 
and obtaining more tlian 70.000 votes, was later 
elected Governor o\-i'r\\'heIming;ly over .John M. 
Parker. Col. Pleasant was married February 14. 
1006. to Miss Anne Kctor. a daugliter of General 
Matthew D. Lctor. a well known .iurist of his day. 
serving until his death as presiding justice of the 
Texas Court of Api)i-als. Of a sturdy character 
antl unequivocal and unswerving in his convic- 
tions. Col. Pleasant is of the type that makes 
for liistor.v. and we cannot conclude this brief 
sketch better than by the following quotation 
u.scd in his campaign for Governor at Shreveport: 
"I was born and reared in the State of Louisi- 
ana, and her interest sh.all be my interest, and 
her welfare my welfare. There is no ambition 
more noble than to be at the liead of her long line 
of loyal sons. She has been perhaps kinder to 
me than I deserve, hut I know that I have tried 
to serve my native State to the best of my ability, 
and I trust that, being guided by an All-Wise 
Providence. I may leave a record, untarnished, 
which shall rellect credit upon the Democratic 
party and shall result in the general good of the 
entire State of Louisiana." 



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HON. FKHNAND MOUTON. 

Lieutenant Governor. 

PKRNAND MOUTON, of Lafayette, is one of 
the proTninent men of affairs of the State of 
Louisiana. Educated in the private and 
public schools of his native State and graduatlni,' 
from a business college in Tennessee. Mr. Mou- 
ton rapidly rose to tlie front in the game of life 
as a business man and as one of tlie foremost 
men of the State. Working consistently in the 
cause of Democracy and contributing much of his 
time, labor, money and brains In that direction. 



he was first selected a member of the City Council 
In 1906, and was afterward chosen State Senator 
for the Thirteenth Senatorial District: served 
also on the staff of Governor Hall and had further 
honors showered ujion him in his election as Lieu- 
tenant Governor of the Slate. His majority in 
both the primary and ??eneral election was very 
flattering:, which is a mute testimonial of the man 
himself and of what Louisianians and the voters 
of Louisiana think of him. Is a genial, clever man 
of affairs and has liosts of friends throughout the 
State, who sliow tlieir friendship at tlie psycho- 
logical moment when friends are needed. 



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JOSEPH KUGENE RANSDELL. 
Senator. 

JOSEPH EUGENE RANSDELL, Senior Senator 
of Louisiana, wliose uninterruiiled twenty 
years of service in belialf of Louisiana's 
interests has affectionately endeared liim to tlie 
people of his native state .and broug^ht him emi- 
nence, is the .son of John H. and Amanda Terrell 
Ransdell. He was born in Alexcndria, La.. 
October 7, 1S58, and attended local public schools. 
.a:raduated from Union College, Schenectady, 
N. Y.. in 1SS2. and received from his Alma Mater 
twenty-five years later the lionorary degree of 
LL.D. P.eturning to his native state, he beaan 
the practice of law in 1S83. Then followed a 
period of twelve years as District Attorney. In 
1.S.S5 he married Miss Olive Irene Powell, of 
Lake Providence, La., who is a lineal descemlant 
of General Evan Shelby, a Revolutionary war 
patriot. 

In 1SS9 Mr. Flan.sdell entered the House of 
Representatives, from wliich date his career lias 
been one continued progression in public esteem 
and increase of activity in behalf of public in- 
terests, especiall.v those of Louisiana, whicli he 
has ardently championed at all times. 

During his fourteen years' service in the 
House, Mr. Ransdell was very active as a mem- 
ber of the Rivers and Ilarl)ors Committee in 
support of measures for the improvement of the 



nation's waterways in order lo make them more 
efficient freight carriers and rate regulators. He 
was largely instrumental in founding the National 
Rivers and Harbors Congress, a great voluntary 
organization, of which he has been President for 
the past twelve yeans, and which has done in- 
valuable service in advocacy of general waterway 
improvements. 

His most important service was his tireless 
;-.nd persistent fight for seventeen years to have 
the nation assume control of the gVeat floods of 
the Mississippi River. In this work he collabor- 
ated with other Ttepresentatives and Senators 
from the valley states. Larger and larger ap- 
propriations were made from vear to vear. and 
in the spring of 1917, the Ransdell-Humphries 
Klood Control bill, to accomplish the desired end. 
became a law. 

Mr. Ransdell has also rendered efficient aid to 
the nation's agriculture. He introduced the first 
bill in the House making an appropriation to 
eradicate the cattle tick, which causes Te.\as 
fever — the greatest enemy of cattle raising in 
the South — and secured in tlie Act of 1906. i.S2.- 
.'iOO for tliat purpose. Since then srfater sums 
have been appropriated annually, all the Southern 
states have iiassed co-operative laws, including 
financial aid; Texas fever has been greatly re- 
stricted, with every prospect of complete extinc- 

(Conlinucd or, patjc 112) 



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EDWARD J. GAY, 
Senator, Sugar Planter. 
\^^ DWARD J. GAY, of Iberville Parish. United 
^3 States Senator, is essentially a farmer and 
business man. 

He was born on Union Plantation. Iberville 
Parish, May 5th, 187S. He is now in the piime 
of life, and is active and aggressive. 

He is the son of Andrew H. Gay and Lodoiska 
Clement, and a grandson of the late Edward J. 
Gay, who led the fight for Democracy in the Tliird 
Congressional District against William Pitt Kel- 
logg, delivered tliat part of tlie State from carpet- 
bag rule, and remained in Congress until the time 
of his deatli. 

Mr. Gay attended the local schools in Ilierville 
Parish, was later sent to school near Charlottes- 
ville, Va., and finally went to Princeton Uni- 
versity, at the time when President Wilson oc- 
cupied the chair of jurisprudence at that insti- 
tution. Mr. Gay has always been an admirer of 



our I'resideiit and is personally acquainted with 
liim. 

For the past twenty years Mr. Gay has been 
activel.v engaged in agriculture, growing such 
crops as sugar cane, cotton, and corn, and being 
also a manufacturer of sugar. He is the presi- 
dent of the Louisiana Sugar Planters' Associa- 
tion, having been re-elected each successive year 
since 1913. 

Mr. Gay is a man of family, In the year 1909 
he married Miss Gladys Fcnner, of New Orleans, 
daughter of tlie late Justice Cliarles E. Fenner. 
Of this union four children have been born, three 
boys and one girl. 

I'^Iected to the Legislature in 1904 from the 
Parish of Iberville, Mr. Gay was returned each 
succeeding term, having served during the ad- 
ministrations of Governors Blanchard. Sanders, 
Hall and Pleasant. He served four .vears as 

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Chairman of the important Committee of Public 
Works, Lands and Levees; eight years as Chair- 
man of the Committee on Ways and Means, con- 
sidered the most important committee in the 
House of Representatives, and as a ranl^ing mem- 
ber of other Important committees. 

In 190S Mr. Gay was chosen as a delegate to 
the National Democratic Convention, held in the 
city of St. Louis, and attended that convention. 

During the latter part of August, 191S, Mr. Gay 
announced his candidacy for a seat in the United 
States Senate to fill the unexpired term of the late 
lamented Robert Broussard. It takes a red hot 
political fight to bring out all the good qualities — 
also the bad ones — as the case may be, in the life 
of a candidate for political honors. The man 
who is seeking a high office from the hands of 
his fellow citizens, who is opposed by an op- 



position that commands an almost equal atten- 
tion and respect from the citizenship upon whom 
the selection depends, and emerges therefrom 
with no false charges of past political intrigue 
or slurs upon his private life, is indeed to be 
congratulated, while his personal and private life 
and business honor must serve as a model for 
all men to follow. Such a man is the Hon. 
Edward J. Gay. 

The primary election proved beyond the 
shadow of a doubt that there was not a blot 
upon the past life of Mr. Gay or the escutcheon 
of the family. Had there been the slightest taint, 
the bitterness of the campaign would unquestion- 
ably have brought it out. The results are not 
only a great political victory to Mr. Gay person- 
ally, but a testimonial of the faith and the esteem 
in which he is held by his fellow citizens. 




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WHITMELL P. MAKTIN, 

Congressman. 

' %%l\ HITMEIJ. P. MARTIN, Member of Con- 
^W I gress, a son of Robert Campbell arnl 
Vv Margaret (Littlejohn) Martin, was born 
in the Parisli of Assumption August 12. ISfiT. 
After an education obtained in the public schools 
and under private tutors, he graduated from the 
Louisiana State University, class of 188S. with 
degree of B. S. Subsequently took a special 
course in sugar chemistry, and filled the i)osilio!i 
of Professor of Chemistry in the Kentucky Mili- 
tary Institute at Frankfort. Ky., latei- taking up 
the study of law at the University of Virginia 
and being admitted to the bar in INHI. After 
practicing his profession foi- a short time in 
Assumption, he moved to Thibodaux, wliieh place 
has since been his home; was Superintendt^nt of 
Public Education from is 94 to 1900: District 
Attorney from 1900 to 1907; elected Judge of the 
Twentieth .Judicial District in 1907; was married 
to Miss Amy Williamson, of DeSoto Parish, in 
1906, and foiir children wei'c born to them — Amy. 
Whitmell Pugh, Jr. (who died at the age of 12 



years, in May. 1914t. Marshall Leigh, and Robert 
Campbell. In 19l:i Judge Martin was alternate 
delegate to the Baltimore convention that nomin- 
ated President Woodrow Wilson and was an ar- 
dent supporter of Mr. Wilson, but when the Under- 
wood tariff bill, placing sugar on the free list, 
was passed, materially reducing the duty upon 
other products of Louisiana, believing that the 
Democratic Pai*ty had violated its traditions and 
platform pledges, and being of the opinion that 
a free-trade policy would prove ruinous to the 
inteiests of Louisiana, he left the Democratic 
Party and joined the Progressive Party. He was 
nominated by convention as the Piogressive 
candidate for Congress and defeated his Demo- 
cratic opponent by 1.426 votes, being the first 
non-Democratic Congressman to be sent from 
Louisiana in over 25 years. 

The Progressive Party was short-lived, how- 
ever, and then came this country's entrance into 
the great world conflict. Whit Martin showed 
the stuff he was made of and immediately threw 
])ersonal and party feelings into the discard, 
strongly supporting the I'resident and the govern- 
ment in everything through the great crisis. 



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HON. MAKTIX BEHRMAN, 
Mayor. City of New Orleans. 

HON. MARTIX BEHRMAX, Mayor of the City 
of New OrleaiLS. tlirouyli lii.s own initiative, 
industry and intelli.yent activity, lias risen 
from the estate of a young- lad, alone in the 
world without prestige, fortune or hackiuK, to 
eminence as one of the most successful of puhlic 
men who are makers of history in New Orleans 
and I.,ouisiana duriui^ the past twent>-five years. 
Durinif his four-times adniinistr.ation of the af- 
fairs of New Orleans, as its Mayor, lie has ably 
contributed to its evolution from a small, unpro- 
sressive provincial town into a world city con- 
spicuously holdin.s its own alon.i; every avenue 
of modern progress. The Mayor was liorn in 
iVew York, but removed to New Orleans witli his 
parents when about one year old. Orphaned a' 
the age of 12 j'ears. he acqui."ed education while 
earning his ov.-n support. At lit >*ears of a.iie 
he was a clerk in a retail grocery Iiouse. but at 
21 yeai's of aiie he was apiHiinted Deput.v As- 
sessor of the Fifth District of the City of New 
Orleans, He was elected .Stale Auditoi' in l!tn4. 
and won his first signal political victory wlieii 
he was elected Mayoi-. defeating a bitter opposi- 
tion led by Charles F, Buck. He has continued 



to be repeatedly re-elected to tlie Mayor's office 
since that date, and was the last elected under 
the old convention plan and the first elected 
under the commission form of municipal .govern- 
ment. He wa.s a member of the School Board 
from 1S92-1S96, served as Chairman of the Demo- 
cratic Congressional Committee for the First 
Con.gressional District of Douisiana for eight 
years. He was a member of the Constitutional 
Convention of ISD.S. and served as delegate-at- 
large from Douisiana to the Democratic National 
Con\ention of IfltiS and 1912. He was Chairman 
of the State Delegation in 190&. Largely through 
his support and efforts, the Sewerage and Water 
Board and Drainage System of New Orleans has 
attained to its present efficiency. He has warmly 
championed the Public Belt Railroad and lent 
his most vigorous support to its promotion, and 
maintains the same attitude towards every pub- 
lic improvement and progressi\"e inno\-alion 
which his Judgment acknowledges as tending to 
make a Orealer New Orleans. He is a member 
of a lon.g list of Benevolent .Associations and 
Societies, and his name is enrolled on the roster 
of leading social clubs. He married Miss .lulia 
(.'ollins. of Cincinnati, and their two children are 
Mrs. Nat Bond and Captain W. Stanley Behrman, 
of the United States Army. 



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HON. FRAXIv A. MONROE, 
Chief Justice of tlie Supi'eme Court of Louisiana. 



29 




HON. CHAS. A. O'NEILL, 
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana. 



30 




HON. OLIVER O. PROVOST Y, 
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana. 



31 




TK.iN. BEN. C. HAWKIXS, 
Associ:it<" .Tiisticp, Supreme (.^onrt nf Lcuiisiana 



32 




HEN'KT NEWTON PHARR. 

HENRY NEWTON PHARR, representative of 
a family wlio were pioneei-s in tlie evolu- 
tion of the sugar planting industry in 
Ijouisiana and Vice-President of J. N. Phai-r & 
Sons. Olivier, tjouisiana. one of the largest sugar 
planting concerns operating in the soutli. was 
born on July l!>th. 1S72. His father was Jolin 
Newton Pharr of North Carolina, and his mother 
Henrietta Clara Andrus of Louisiana. Mr. Pliarr 
graduated with degree of B.A. from Centenary 
College, class of 1S92, and took degree of 1!.E. 
from Vanderbilt Uni\'ersity, class of 1S96. He re- 
turned to his native state and became formally 
associated with his father and brothers in sugar 
planting operatitms. He is now Vice-President 
of J. N. Pharr & Sons. Ltd., General Manager of 
the Orange Grove Plantation located at Olivier. 
La. and Secretary of the Loisel Sugar Co., 



Jeanerette, La. Mr. Pharr was Superintendent 
of the diedging canal work on Avoca Island, 
1.S96-189.S. He is President of Louislan i Rio 
CJrande Sugar Co. and Louisiana Rio Grande 
I'anal Co. of Pharr. Texas. Vice-President of 
Texas Sugar Co.. Bi-ownsville. Texas. He is a 
member of American Society Mechanical En- 
gineers: Louisiana Engineering Co. He is also a 
member of Boston Club of New Orleans and 
Attakopas Club of New Iberia. He was candi- 
date on the Republican Ticket for Congress. Third 
District, and likewise for Governor in 19iis His 
activities covei- a wide field, and include the pro- 
motion of development of Louisiana's best inter- 
ests. He has a nation.il reputation as an au- 
thority on sugar, its planting, manufacture and 
sale, and is member of a House whose un- 
questioned integrity, clean methods and impartial 
policies are great factors in conservation of 
sugar interests. 



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CHARLES 8. MATHEWS, 
Planter. Business Man. 

GHARLKS S. MATHKWS. piominent planter 
anfl hiisincKs man. i.« one of the virile men 
active in ilinelopment of the state's vast 
resources and laiiUler of business in the City or 
Xew Orleans. One of the more noialile enter- 
prises accruing umler his ilireotion anrl manase- 
ment is tlie development of Georgia Plantation 
in Lafourche Parish. This i.s a magnificent es- 
tate, owned liy his family for 1(17 years, havins 
been first tiie proiierty of Louisiana's first Chief 
Justice the Honorable Georse Mathews, and his 
wife, Harriet Flower Mathew.s. Under Mr 
I'harles fi. Mathews this estate lias increased 
until its acreage is f|uadruple its oriainal limits. 
Mr. Mathews' other plantafinns are Gayoso, New 



Hope and Home, and through his operations 
hereon he has attained to unusual emf'nence in 
the sugar planting world. Mr. Mathews was a 
pioneer among Soutli Louisiana planters in his 
recognition of the value of diversification of 
crops. He aciiuired a fine l-.erd of cattle and 
other live stock, and ha.s attained distinction as 
a scientific farmer. He i.s prominent in tlie com- 
mercial world of New Orleans, and member of 
directorates of some of the city's most influential 
corporations. He is Vice-President of the Kausler 
Insurance Co.. Director of Hibernia Bank and 
I). H. Holmes Co. He belongs to the city's ex- 
clusive social circles, and is a member of the 
more imiiortant clubs and leading sugar planters' 
organizations. He is a member of the Society 
ot the Cincinnati and of the Sons of the Ameri- 
can Fievolution. 




ERNEST SIDNEY LEWIS. 

Obstetrician, Surgeon. 

.^^R. ERNEST SIDNEY LEWIS, whose service 
I ■ to liumanity and medical ednc.ition as 
■ ^^ Obstetrician and Sursfeon has tilled his life, 
was born in New Orleans on the i;4tli day of 
September. l,S-)0. He is tlie son of Algernon Sid- 
ney and Annette (Tronchet) Lewis. His srand- 
fatlier. .Toshua Lewis, was apiiointed by President 
Jefferson .Tudge of tlie Territory of Orleans in 
1X07. and later became one of the .judges of the 
Supreme Court of Louisiana. His grandmother, 
Ainerica Lawson. was the dau.ghter of Robei't 
Lawson of Virginia, one of Washington's gener- 
als. In 1S5S he took the degree of B.S. from 
the University of Louisiana, and in l.Sfi2 the 
degree of M. P. from the same institution, now 
Tulane. On graduating, lie became Assistant 
House Surgeon of Charity Hospital, and a few 
montlis later Acting House Sur.geon. In 186.'! he 
became Surgeon of the Tliird Georgia Cavalry, 
C. S. A., and later Brigade Surgeon, Crews' 
Bri.gade. During the last six months of the 
Civil war he was Acting Chief Surgeon of Cavalry 
on General Wheeler's staff. After the close of 
the var he returned to domestic pursuits, and 
in 1S66 was married to Susan Daggett Phelps 
McCoy, of Massachusetts. In the same year he 
was appointed Health Officer for the Tliird Dis- 
trict. His next aiipointment was as Pi-ofessor 
of Materia Medica and Therai)eutics and Clinical 



Medicine, 1S73 to 1876; then Professor of Obstet- 
rics and Gynecology, from 1876 to 1912, when he 
voluntarily resigned and was inade Emeritus 
Professor of r)l>stelrics and Gynecology of Tulane 
L^niversity. At tlie request of the faculty, he 
has continued to lecture once a week at the Char- 
ity Hospital since Iiis resignation. He was Visit- 
ing Physician from 1S73 to 1S7G, and Visiting 
Obstetrician and Gynecologist from 1S76 to lillli: 
from 11*12 to the pi'esent yeai' lie lias been Con- 
sulting Gynecologist of Charitj- Hospital. 

Other honors conferred on Dr. Lewis are Sur- 
geon General of Louisiana: Surgeon General Con- 
federate Veterans of Louisiana; President of the 
Surgeons of tlie Army and Nav,v of the Confed- 
eracy: ICx-Chaiiman of the Obstetrical and Gyne- 
cological Section. A. M. A.: Vice-President anil 
Acting I'resident of Board of Administrators of 
Charity Hospital from 1,896 to 1912: one of the 
founders of the International Association of Ob- 
stetricians and G.vnecohigists: Ex-President and 
Honorary Fellow of Soutliern Sur,gical and Gj'iie- 
cological Association; Honorar.v Fellow of the 
American College of Sur,geons. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Orleans Parish. State and American 
Medical .Association: of the Phi Bet,a Kappa and 
the .Athenee Louisianais. Anionic social organiza- 
tions, lie belongs to the Countrj- Club. Southern 
Yacht Club, and Boston Club, of wlifch he was 
President fi-om lOiKi to 39]:J. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Executive Committee of the Volunteer 
Medical Service Corps of Louisiana. 




MATA.S. RUDOLPH. 



/"^ UKGKON. born Bonnet Carre, near New 
P^ iirlean.s. La.. Septem))er 12. 1S60. son of Dr. 
f*-^ X. H. Mata.s: parents Spani.sh; primary edu- 
cation, Barcelona. .Spain: Pari.<i. France; Browns- 
ville, Texa.s; Soule Collese, Xew Orlean.s; yraMii- 
atecl Literary Institnte of St. .Jolin, Matamoras. 
Mexico (1S76): M. D.. Tnlane University (I.xs(i>: 
LL.D., Washington I'niversity, St. Louis (1915). 
Married, establislied in Xew Orleans since .yradu- 
ation: specialist in sur;;ery: Professor Surgerj-, 
Medical Department, Tulane I'niversity (ISHS). 
Senior Surseon. Touro Infirmary: .Senior VisitiP'; 
Sur.iteon, Charity Hospital, etc.: Major, Medical 
Reserve Corps, U. S. A.: Director School of Frac- 
tures and Military Surgeon. Medical Reserve 
Corp.s, U. S. Army: member Louisiana State Medi- 
cal Society (President, 1894-1895); American Medi- 
cal Association (Chairman Section Surgery, IflO.S); 
American Suraery Association (President, 1910); 
Southern Surgery and Gynecological Association 



(President, 1911); American Society Clinical Sur-j- 
eiy ( Vice-P)esident, 1908-10); Society Interna- 
tionale de Chirui-gie; Association Military Sui- 
Ki'ons of U. S. : American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science; American Association 
Anatomists Association: Study and Prevention of 
Tuberculosis; .American Association for Cancer 
Research; Honorary President Pan-American 
Medical Con.^ress. Washington. 1S95; Vice-Presi- 
dent for Louisiana. 1896: Fellow American Col- 
lege Sui-geons (Vice-President, 1913); New- 
Orleans Academy Sciences: Member and Rap- 
]>oiteur on .-\rterial Surgery (hv invitation): Sec- 
letary Surgery. 17th International Medical Con- 
gress, London, 1913; member Art Association. 
-Vew Orleans: Louisiana Historical Society; Edi- 
toi- Xew Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, 
lX8,'!-95; author of many treatises and mono- 
graphs on sui-gical subjects and frequent con- 
li-ibutor to Medical journals and text-book.-^. 
Clubs; Boston and Round Table. Home; 2255 
St. Charles Avenue. Office: 3523 Prytania Street, 
Xew Orleans. 



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KUGENE ALBERTUS PHARR, 

Sugar Planter and Manufacturer — Agriculturist. 

eUGENE ALBERTUS PHARR, Secretarv- 
Treasurer of J. N. Pharr & Sons. Ltd.. Mor- 
gan City, Louisiana, is the son of Jolin 
Newton Pliarr, of Xortli Carolina, and Henriettu 
Clara Andrus, of Louisiana. He graduated from 
Centenary College, class of 1895, degree of B.A., 
to wliicli he added the degree of Meclianical Engi- 
neer from Cornell University, class of 1901. Re- 
turning to Louisiana, he assumed liis place in 
the well-known firm of J. X. Pharr & Sons. Ltd., 
owners of various vast sugar plantations in Lou- 
isiana and Texas. In 1907 Mr. Pharr became one- 
third owner of tlie business of which he is today 
Secretary and Treasurer. He is a very active 
factor in developing tlie sugar industry. He 
reclaimed 16,000 acres of rich land on Avoca 



Island, which is now yielding abundant returns 
in cultivation. He established the Louisiana Live 
StocI: Company. Inc., wliich is capitalized for 
one and a half million dollars, and en.gages in 
the raising of stocl< on an extensive scale. Mr. 
Pliarr is President of tliis concern, and is also 
Vice-President of the Loisel Sugar Company; Sec- 
retary-Treasurer of the Atchafalaya Ship Cliannel 
Company; Vice-President of the First National 
Banlv of Morgan City. He is a member ( f the 
Sons of the American Revolution, and belongs to 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He 
is a member of Kappa Alplia Fraternity, and 
New Orleans' Boston Club. He married Miss 
Bessie Nye in 1902. Mrs. Pliarr is the daighter 
of the famous "Bill Nye." Mr. and Mrs. Pharr 
reside on Avoca Plantation, near Morgan City. 
They have four children. 



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e 



HWARD F(5STKIl DICKIXSOX. piominent as 
a brokei- and sugar planter, whose pej-sist- 



^^ ent and iinostentaliovis woi-Ic for upbuildin;; 
the eonimunity's liest assets constitutes hiiu one 
of the most pi-ogressive tiusituss men. was boi-n 
in Keaciiie. Louisiana on 3i'd Feluuary. 1865. He 
attended L^usher's Academ.\' and afterwards 
entei-ed Tulane University. In 1.S86 Mr. Diel<in- 
son assumed tlie niru'e seriou.s responsiljilities of 
life, beginning his business career as a Krain 
broker. During the period from ISSfi until isii2 
lie became widel\' known as one of the most 
successful and responsible brokers of Ki-ain 
operating in this section. The call of a wider- 
sphere attractecl Mr. I)ickins<in to the ojieration 
of plantations, and he successfull.\' acted as ^lan- 
ager of various Sugar I'lantations for a number 



of years. In l;in he acquired part ownership of 
one of the sugar plantations. :ind has become a 
leader amongst men Tirominent in sugar pi int- 
ing in Louisiana. Mr. Dickinson has always 
taken a virile interest in public affairs. He wits 
a delegate in lUli; to the Uepublican Nominating 
Convention, in Chicago, lie is a member of the 
Americin Protective Tariff League and has 
worked valiantly for protection of commodities 
ol the south, Jlr. Dickinson is a member of 
Louisiana Sugar K.\chaiige and otlier Sugar 
organizations and is a persistent worker for ad- 
vancement of the sugar industry and the con- 
servation of its best interests. .\mong fratern- 
ities iMr. Dickinson belongs to M isons and Odd 
Fellows. He is a member of Tulane Alumni Assn 
He IS also a member of I'ickwick and Chess 
( heckers & Whist, and Louisiana Clubs of New 
Orleans and one of the state's luominent business 
men. 



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JAMES BOLIN IKiSS, 
Insurance. 

JAMES BOLIX ROSS. Ions prominent in the 
community as one of the forceful factors of the 
insurance world, was born in .lackson. Mi.ss.. 
on December 12, ISCo. He is the son of William 
Ewins and Mai-ian Watkins Ross. His education 
wa.s finished in tlie University of Mississippi, 
class of 1SS6. After several years' preparatory 
training. Ijy application to various lines in whicli 
he engased for acquirement of experience and 
developing commercial insight. Mr. Ross entered 
the fire insurance business in 1890. His long 
connection witli that business has placed him 
prominently before the local public as one of 



Ihc most deiiendahle men in the business. He 
controls a valuable clientele of patronage who 
insure according to his sug'^-estions. rializing 
tlieir interests are most satisfactorily served 
under Mr. Ross' direction. Mr. Ross lias never 
enga:,'ed actively in politics, but upholds good 
.government and is a stanncli supporter of all 
movements tending to greater development of the 
city and state. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi 
College Fraternity. He also belongs to Che.'iS, 
Checkers and Whist Club. Elks. Southern Yacht 
Club, Audubon Golf Club and New Orleans Press 
Club. He married Mrs. Reuben H. Carnal, for- 
merly Miss Dollie Butler, of Rapides Parish, 
Louisiana. There are no children in his family. 



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IIERXARD MICHKI-T.. 
i'il.jt. 

BERNARD MICHELL. President of American 
Pilots Association, with a ifconl of 41 
\'eai"s active sei-vice, was born in Tru!'o, 
lOniilantl, on An.mist 20. iSriS. His education was 
olitained through attendinpr private Kn.q"lisli 
schools. In 1866 lie removed to New Orleans, 
and attended the local pnblic schools of that city 
until an age which entitled him to assume an 
inilividnal status in the world of commerce. He 
chose the avocation of Pilot, and be^an as an 
apprentice at the mouth of the Mississippi River, 
\\*here he remained until 1S77. when Orivernor 
F. T. Nicholls appointed tiim a Branch I'ilot. in 
ISSS he was appointed to an lionorarv position as 
(IMiairman of the Hoai'd of Pilot I'^xa miners, and 
he has been re-appointed to this same offi<'e suc- 
cessively by every succeeding governor. It was 



duiiuL- the year 189a that Mr. Michell was elected 
I'residenl of the Associated Branch Pilots, and 
has been I'e-elected each succeedin.t;- year. In 
1 01 ;i he \vas elected Pi'esident of the American 
Pilots Association, which office he retains. Mr. 
Michell has taken active interest in politics. He 
served as presidential elector at large in 1896, 
and asain in 1916. He was a member at large 
of Parish of Plaquetnines Democratic Committee 
in 1S96, and continues to hold that office. He 
has served as member of Democratic State Cen- 
tral Committee from the Parish of Plaquemines 
since 19(|8. He is a member of the Press Club. 
.Southern Yacht Club, Chess. Checkers and Whist, 
and Vouna Men's Gymnastic club, ami is also a 
Pythiun. Elk. and Mason. Mi-. Michell manied 
Miss I,aura .1. Anderson, of Plmiuemines Parish. 
There are four children: one dauuhttr and three 
sons. 



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L)l:. HHXliY TRTK, 
< )steopatli. 

IX the upsrowtli of tlie community, probc'oly 
none is renrterins" more sin,t;ularly valuable 
service than Dr. Henry Tele, a pioneer Oste- 
opatliic Physician of Ijouisiana. When Dr. Tete 
befjan practicing in 1901 osteopathy was not so 
populai" in the medical nor authorized scientific 
worlds; it was practically unknown to the aver- 
a:;e citizen, despite which obstacles Dr. Tete 
went for\\'ard as an apostle ol cni"e for the sick 
anil ailiuii through a medium i;enerally despised 
by more didactic practitionei s. He has accom- 
plislied perliaps unlimited good for his patients, 
and contributed valiantly to a widespiead intel- 
li!<ent comprehension of osteopathy as a science 
and healint^ art. 

lleiiT-y Tete was horn in New Orleans. La., on 
Febi-uary 2. ISTil. He is the son of Auguste Tete 
and V'iriiinia Mercier Tete. After acquiring- tlie 
usual rudinientar\' etlucation. he tool; deyi'ee of 
A.U. in 1S97 and degree of .\..\l. in l.sss. In I'.iin 



Dr. Tete received his de.?ree as a graduate Doctor 
of Osteopathy, returned to New Orleans and 
bpfian practice, in wliicli lie is eminently enfjased 
at Ibis time. He is National l^egislative Cliair- 
nian for Louisiana, American Osteottnthic Asso- 
ciation, is Secretary of the Louisiana Osteopathic 
Association. Htale Advisory Committeeman of 
National Affairs, Committee American Osteopathic 
Association. Dr. Tete has been Secretary of the 
State Board of Osteopathic lOxaminers since his 
orisinal appointment by Governor Sanders, which 
has been ratified by Governor Hall and again by 
Ciovernor Pleasant. 

Dr. Tete married Miss Bertha F'lorance .Inmon- 
ville <le A'illier, of a famii.v famous in Louisiana 
history and life in ancient France. Theii- one 
child is Bertl)a Florance Tete, now a.yed eiyht 
years. Dr. Tete is a KniHht Commander of Court 
of Honor, 32d degree Mason, Shriner of .leru- 
salem Temple. He is ex-Director of New Orleans 
Rotary Club, member of R. P. O. E. Lod^e No. 54. 
belongs to Shalimar Grotto, and member of New 
Orleans Motor League and Y. M. G. C. 



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JOSEPH CHALONA, 

Fruit and Produce Mercliant. 

IT is ijut nineteen years aso that Josepli 
Chalona. then a boy 22 years of age. went to 
work in tlie fruit and produce l.usiness for 
S. .Sesari. but durins tliat short iieriod lie has 
risen to the position of proprietor of one of tlie 
largest fruit and jiroduce businesses operatiuK 
in this country, which does both an import and 
an export business, retail and wliolesale. Wher- 
e\er l^i-iiit an<i produce are (iistributed. the name 
of "Chalona. N'ew firleans." is a recognized fac- 
tor. Mr. Chalona was born in New Orleans on 
.Tanuar>- 12. i.STT. and is the son of Michel and 
Wilhelmena (Kistner) Chalona. He attended the 
local i)ublic schools from 1SS4 to 1S92. durin'^ 



wdiit 
Soule's 



Collei;e. His business career besan 
humbly. Init has prospered to its present suc- 
cessful eminence, due entirely to Mr. Chalona's 
personal intelliKence, initiative and capabilities. 



In addition to tlie fruit and produce liusiness. 
Mr. Chalona is deeply, interested in orange cul- 
ture in Louisiana on the lower coast, where he 
conducts many experiments and is operating fruit 
farms quite extensively. Mr. Chalona is like- 
wise interested in other of Xew Orleans' impor- 
tant industries. He is secretary, treasurer and a 
director of Panama Ice Co.. is a director of the 
Xew Orleans Cold Storage Co.. and a director of 
tlie Fruit Auction Co. He is active in further- 
ing- tlie city's pro.m-ess also, and is Commissioner 
of Ur.'uiline Avenue. He married Miss Jeanne 
Marie S'allettes. and their three attractive chil- 
dren are; Jeanne, aged 14; Frank, a,«ed 9 years, 
and Kleanor Joy Chalona. aged nine months." Mr. 
Chalona is a member of the New Orleans Lodfte. 
No. .'ill. R P. O. Flks, also of Rex Carnival Club. 
He beloUKs to the Association of Commerce, to 
the New Orleans P.oard of Trade, to the Interna- 
tional Apple Shippers' Associution. to the West- 
ern Fruit Jobbers' Association, and to the National 
Lea^^ue of (,"'onimissioii Mei'chants. 



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CHARI^ES DELAWARE KEIIPER. 
SuHar Manufacturer. 

GHARLES DELAWARE KEMPER, prominent as a sugar manufacturer, banker 
and generally a leader, is the son of Wm. P. and Monica (Rogers) Kemper, 
born in Glenooe, Louisiana on November 23rd, 1873. He graduated from 
University of Alabama, class of 1893, and in 1894 completed a course through 
Bryant & Stratton Business College of Chicago. In 1897 his business career 
began with affiliation with Caffery Co., sugar merchants. In 1902 Mr. Kemper 
accepted a connection with the Sterling Co., large sugar operators of Louisiana, 
and is now the General Manager of that concern. Mr. Kemper's activities also 
cover otlier wide ranges. He is Vice-President and General Manager of the 
Shadyside Company, one of the large operators in the sugar industry. He is 
Vice-President of the Commercial Bank of Franklin, and President of the Franklin 
Company, owners of large tracts of land which they are manipulating especially 
with a view to developing the natural resources of their community. During the 
World War Mr. Kemper was appointed by Mr. Hoover as Southern Representative 
of Syrup and Molasses Committee. President Wilson appointed him a Member of 
the Louisiana Sugar Committee, which commissions lie retained to the close of 
the war. Mr. Kemper married Miss Emma Frere on January 12, 189S. Their 
happy family life is greatly enhanced by the presence of Ave children: a son, 
Alexander; a daughter, Delaware: another, Maude: a son, Wallace, and a tliird 
daughter. Mary. Mr. Kemper is Vice-President of American Cane Growers Asso- 
ciation. He has been a member of the Elks Club since 1901. During the w-ar he 
resigned membership in the Louisiana Club. He is one of the liest known men 
of the State, in commercial and other circles. 



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ALEX M, HALLIDAY. 
Steamboat and Ferry Operator. 

- VJ 'LEX M. HALLIDAY, Captain, and one of 
0-m the best known men engased in tlie opera- 
^— *» tion of river steamers, was born in Oalli- 
piilis. Oliio, in the year 1S4U, wlien America was 
still wrestling- with its pioneer problem. After 
attending the local public schools of that era. 
Captain Halliday looked about for an oppoitunity 
in the commercial world that equalled his intelli- 
gent capacity for directing it profitably. He 
chose river traffic, at that time the business most 
preferred by all young, adventurous spirits. When 
the Civil war opened Captain Halliday became a 
valuable member of the transport service. He 
was Captain of a navy tow boat carrying coal to 
the fleet below Vicksburg, and later directeii the 
operation of steamers on the Mississippi and 
over its tributaries. After the close of the war 
Captain Halliday resumed actively his operations 
on the river for his personal account, which have 
resulted in splerulid competence and wide recog- 
nition as one of the ablest and most successful 



men in the river traffic. His name is a house- 
hold word amons communities along the banks 
of the Mississippi, on which he has floated prac- 
tically every type of boat ever used for river 
commerce. In later years his prestige has been 
auKmented by tlie operation of ferry boats be- 
tween New Orleans and the west bank of the 
ML'sissippi River, which ply continuously across 
the river to and from the various stations in 
New Orleans. Captain Halliday has enloyed the 
recognition of state authorities, and during Gov- 
ernor Blanchard'.s administration as Governor of 
Louisiana tlie Captain became a State Servitor. 
Captain Halliday is a member of various Car- 
nival organizations and other fraternities. He 
is active in membership of church clubs, and 
counts his friends and admirers from all classes 
resident in the South. He is still engaged in 
the ferry transport business, of which iie is es- 
pecially fond and anticipates many years of suc- 
cessful activity in his chosen avocation. He 
built all the ferry boats now used in the harbor, 
and several others that are worn out and gone — 
sunk and wrecked. 



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ANTHONY FRKD BULTJIAN, JR.. 
Jliirtiolan, Liveryman. 

< ^ ' HAT service makes for success is the firm 
I 'J belief of Mr. A. F. Bultnian. Jr.. President 
^-^ and General Manager of Bultnian Sons Co.,, 
weil-knnwn Morticians and Livervmen. 

Born March 2Sth, 1SS5, the son of Anthony 
F. and Ida Bultnian (nee Maurer). he acquired 
an elementary education at Mary Werlein Pri- 
vate School and later graduated from Soule'.s 
College. 

At the age of twenty Mr. Bultnian was ad- 
mitted into the lirni (then A. Bultnian Sons Co.). 



and nuickly grasping the rudiments of the busi- 
ness and showing unusual ability as a leader, 
he gradually relieved his father of the detail 
work, later becoming President and General 
Manager of all tlie Bultnian interests. Mr. 
Bultnian is a great believer in system and ser- 
vice and attributes his success to that and 
close attention to all details. 

Mr. Bultnian is a member of the Rotary, 
Southern Yaclit and Press Clubs. 

Married Miss Pauline A. Gschwind on June 
0th. 1906, and they have one child. Muriel 
Mathilde, age 11 years. 



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ItOBERT KWINQ. 
Publislier of tlie New Orleans States and Slirevepoit Times. 



47 




JAMIOS M. THOM8l.)N, 
Publisher of The New Orleans Hem. 



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DANIEL D. MOORE, 
Editor and (ieneral Manager of Tlie Times-IMcayiine. 



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JOHN LYNN EHAUGH. 

Business ilHiiager, The Times-Picayune. 

JOHN I^YNN EBAQGH, Business Manager of 
tlie Times-Picayune. Bora in Houclisville, Car- 
roll Co., Maryland on August ISth. 1S6S. He 
was the twentieth child and fourteenth son of 
Zachariah Elsaugh. a farmer, whose ancestr.\' in 
this country dates far back of the revolutionary 
war. His early education was limited to the 
country schools, and his life is t>'pica] of those 
who have risen in the world against odds. The 
first eigltteen >'ears of his life was spent nn the 
farm, wliei'e he obtained a remarkable capacity 
for work and endurance. At the age of eighteen 
he left the farm for the machinist's trade, and 
served his apprenticeship of four years, attending 
night school to acquire mechanical and archi- 



tectural drawing. In 1S92 he came to New Or- 
leans to become linotype machinist for The 
Times-Democrat. While in this position he 
learned the art of printing, and served as foreman 
of tiie composing room for four years prior to 
December. 1913. when he was placed in charge of 
the business office. When The Picayune and 
Times-Democrat weie consolidated in 1914 Mr. 
Ebaugh was retained as Business Manager of 
The Times-Picayune. In 1S9S Mr. Ebaugh volun- 
teered for the Spanish-American war, serving as 
fiist sergeant Company A, First Louisiana Volun- 
teer Inf.. which was the first companv in the 
.South to be mustered into the service of the 
government. After the war he married iMiss 
Mary Wright of Baltimore, is the father of four 
boys. 



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GKoKlilO .SHALL KAL'.SLKi;, 
Insurance. 

6KOKGE SHALL KATTSLKR. enunent in the insur- 
ance worlil. was horn in Xew Orleans on Decem- 
lier ],. IMil, and is the son of Oeorse Sliall and 
Harriet H. (ri'nyder) Kaiisler. He attendorl public and 
private schools of Xe«- Orleans. .Attenderl University 
o( the South, Sewanee. Tenn.. in 1872. tailing various 
diplomas. On .(uly 1, 1S95. he l)ecame Vice-President 
of the firni of Wni. M. Railey & Co.. Ltd.. engaged in 
genei-al insurance. Init later affiliated with the firm 
of Mel-.le & Kau.sler as a member of that firm. In .Tune, 

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.SAiVlriOL AD.AMS THUFA.XT, 
.Stocks and Bonds. 

^^^rAMUi^L ADAMS TRUF.\XT. Stock and Bond 
■^ Ihoker. Secretary and Treasurer St. Charles 
h-^ Hotel Co., and of Alfred S. Amer Co., banker, 
writei- and business man. is the son of George Trufant. 
of Hath, Maine, and Jane Hanna Trufant, the latter of 
Florence. Alabama. fiducated in private schools and 
l?oys' High School. In 1.S70 he accepted a clerkship in 
the .«rain business and remained tliere for the eleven 
years following. He was then admitted into partner- 
ship and the firm established an export grain business. 

(Contimted on page 109) 





ABRAHAM lililTTIN. 
Business Man. 

-TTg-nRAHAM BRITTIX, Vice-President, Board of 
m-% Liquidation, City Debt, was born in Wasliington, 
-'— *» Hempstead County, Arkansas. May 30, 1S41. He 
attended the public schools of Xew Orleans, graduating- 
from the Roys' High School, April, l.SS.S, as valedictor- 
ian of the class. He began his commercial career as 
a memljer of the firm of Block and Brittin, wliolesale 
grocers, 1S65. Later he formed the firm of Brittin and 
Bright, cotton commission, and was succeeded by the 
firm of H. Brittin & Co. He has been a member of 

^Continued on page 108) 



.lOSKPH H. DE GRANGE. 
lousiness Man. 

D.\TIVE of the City of N^ew Orleans. Born in 1840 
of French parentage, who emigrated to this 
country during the French Revolution in 1793. 
Receiveil liis education from private schools and private 
tutf>rs. 

Was originally engaged in the cotton bu.siness. and 
after the Civil war in the furniture trade with Mont- 
.gomery Bros. & Co.. being the company. After that he 
became connected with the street railway enterprise, 
occupied all positions to that of President, and at 

iGontinmd on page 108) 



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; 





CHARLES B. THORX. 
Cotton — Banker, 

GHARLES B. THORX, Vice-President of New 
I >rleans Cotton Excliange, President of New 
Orleans Council of Boy Scouts of America, an 
idealist of practical conceptions, was born in New 
Orleans on 6th of May in the year 1S72. He attended 
Virginia Military Institute and the University of Vir- 
ginia. In 1S95 lie entered the commercial world as a 
connection of Fairchild & Hobson. brokers, where he 
i-emained until tlie organization of the firm of Thorn 
K- Ma«innis, wliicli lie founded and which, under his 

(('''iiiliiinri! iin piuff ni) 



JOSEPH P. HENICAN. 
Cotton. 

JOSEPH P. HENICAN. well known business man of 
New Orlean.s, is serving voluntarily as Special 
Agent of the 17. S. War Board in his? native city. 
He was for 1'5 years a partner in the firm of C. P. Ellis 
& Co.. prominentl.v active in New Orleans commercial 
world. Mr. Henican is the son of Thomas .1. and 
Margaret A. (Kehoe) Henican. He was born in New 
Orleans on June 1st. 1S73. After eight years attend- 
ance upon the grammar school under the direction of 
Brothers of Mary, he graduated in 1887. He married 

(Ciintin)ii'tl oit jiaf/e 111) 





M'll.LlAM PENNELL ROSS. 
iJusiiu-ss Man. 

-^wptlLLlAM PENNELL ROSS, resident in New 
^wy Orleans for 47 years, and prominently identi- 
VV ficd with the steamship business in America 
and Europe, was born in Brunsvvick, Maine on July 
19th, 1S.=)2. He is the son of James and Lucy Nicholls 
Pennell Ross. His education was acquired abroad in 
Liverpool College. He began business career on 
January 1st. 1866, in Liverpool, but seven years later 
he I'emoved to New Orleans where be has since resided. 
He is to-day one of the most esteemed and successful 

iCoHtinut'd on paye 109) 



MlLL.VRl) FILMORE BRADFORD, 
Tr:uisi>ortation. 

a APT. MILLARD FILMORE BRADFORD is the 
son of W. Wallace and Mary (Garcia) Bradford. 
His father was a prominent planter of Donald - 
sonville. Louisiana, wliere the son was born in the 
year IS56. Captain Bradford began his career in Do.i- 
aldsonville in 1906. He encased in the transportation 
and wiiolesale grocery business with a capital of ?5.000 
and property estimated as valued at $40,000. Today his 
estimated worth is $125,000, clearly demonstrating the 
remarkable success of his activities. Captain Brad- 

{Continued on page 112) 



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ALLEN TUPPER. 
Pusiness Man. 

'7X",c,„-'''"'i"*i'' ♦■«''"''y settleO in Massatluisetts in 
KJ M ; '^ ff'ipjy i-esirlence wa.s built in Sanilwioli. 
i , Mass., in 163,, by Tlios. Tupper. wliirh is staml- 
ins today and is still owned by tlie family. Thomas 
Tupper, Jr married the dau.i;hter of Goyernor Mayliew 
of Massachiisetts. Of such lineaye is Allen Tupper 
the son of Tristram and Sidney Conrad Palfrey Tupper' 
daushter ot Wm. H. Palfrey, of .St. Mary Parish who 
was born in Charleston, .S. C, on .Tune 5, 1861 His 

(Cofitinitrtl (HI paijr 111) 




Hi"i;i lo.s .ici.i':s i.i: i,.\ x'lOKcxio, 

Ijawyer. 

BUGlTio.s .irLES 1.10 LA ^•Er:G^'E, esteemed in New 
Oilcans for his personality, dominant ag^ressive- 

nf Corn*'! "r 1 '''" ,«^'«'r"",V-'' "^"'^' humor, is' the son 
nt Colon, 1 Ju es de la Versne and Emma .Josephine 
Bermudez. natives of New Orleans. Mrs do la Ver-ne 
was tlie dau.^hter of .lud^je .Joaquin Be. mudez Snd 
Mane IJonn.- Emma Troxler. Mr. de la ^-e■■^ne was 
educated in New;^ Orleans .Jesuits Collese. and took 
the degree of A.I?, in 188-5, and A.M. in 1SS7 From 



(Coiilir.iird on page 11'2) 




HAMPTON niOVNOLDS, 
lOii:; inter-Con tractor. 

EAMPTON PEYNOLD.S, general contractor and engi- 
neer son of Mr. and Mrs. H. \V. W. Reynolds, born 
in New Orleans. I^a.. in tlie year of 1S74 lie 
acipiired his education in New Orleans' first elementary 
schools tlien attended Tulane UniyM-sity. After leav- 
ing, collese, Mr. P.eynolds was subsequently with the 
WcA =i lomm^swion of New Orleans; Sewer and 
Water Board; General Contractor's Superintendent: 
cnil Engineer of the Public Belt Railroa(i. In 1907 

(Continued on paije 113) 




DUNCAN IJUIE. 
State Highway Engineer. 

Y^l'^'CAN BUIE was born in Franklin Parish, Louisi- 

■ ■ ana. October 21, 1S70. He obtained his elemen- 

-~' tary education in tlie common scliools. and later 

i',V=''".',''"/ •''""'■"^'"'■''"= '^-'' « profession. He followed 
Ills piofession in priyate capacity with such success 
that it resulted in his b.?in.!,' appointed State Highway 
I'^UKineer on .January 1, 1!)17. 

. Tlie question of good roads has been one of the most 
important of the day, especially in the Southern states, 

(Continued on page 108) 



73 





JOHN LKWT.S DAXTZLER. 
dumber. 

JOHN LRWIS' DAXTZLER. prominent lun:ber manu- 
facturer, was born in Mol)ile. Alabama, en .January 
21. ISiJO. He i.s the son of L. N. and Kran Dantz- 
ler. After attemlinsi ttie public schools of Moss Point. 
Miss,, he entered Vanderl>ilt University in Xaslnille. 
and .graduated from its Academic Department in ISSrt. 
lakini^' diploma from the Law Department of the Uni- 
versity of Mississippi in ISS.". He began the practice 
of law in Moss Point, wliere he remained for three 
yeai'S, and then engaged in business of manufacturing: 

{Coiilinwd f-n par/c 110) 



CHARLE.S ERX.ST WERMUTH, 
I^nblic Accountant. 

GHARLES ERNST WERMUTH, Public Accountant, 
is the son of John Wermuth and Catlierine 
(Luthy) Wermuth. born in Berne. .Switzerland, on 
Augu.st 1. 1859 He completed schoolinK tlirouKh at- 
tendinsr Gymnasium College. In ISSl, Mr. Wermuth 
entered the commercial world as an emijlnye of the 
Union Pacific Railroad, with whom he remained until 
1S86. From ISST until 1S96 he was Chief Clerk of 
various departments of the Auditor's Office for Soutli- 
ern Pacific Company, and in 1S96 was promoted to the 

(Continued on paffc 110) 




}SORERT .Tl'Lirs P.AIU:, 
fJrain Exporter. 

.^1^ OBERT JULIUS BARR. grain exporter, and prom- 
[■^ inent for liis active support of governmental re- 
«*-\.form and charitable movements in Xew Orleans, 
is the son of David P. and Elizabtth Barr. He was 
born in Xanafalia. Alabama, on the 24th day of Jan\i- 
ary. in the year 1852. Mr. Barr attended the public 
schools of Alal>ama for elementary education, then fin- 
ished under prisate tutors. His business career began 
in 1871 as a clerk in a Mobile. -Ala., cotton house. In 
187.! he became Assistant Tax Assessor, which office 

{Continued on patje 110) 




JOSE R. C.VBRERA. 
Cuban Consul. 

JOSE R. CABRERA, Cuban Consul to tlie I'nited 
States, with a distinguished diplomatic career, 
which includes representation of the Argentine Re- 
public in Havana during the years ]SSlt-19(i2, w-as born 
in Havana, Cuba, on March 24, 1861. Graduated fi-om 
University of Havana with degrees of B.A. and B.L. 
At the conclusion of his services in behalf of Argentine 
Republic in Havana in 1902. during which time he also 
represented the Brazilian government there. Senor 
Cabrera was appointed Consul to the United States nir 

{Continued on page 110) 



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JOHN DAVID O'KEEFE. 
Banker, Business Man. 

JOHX DAVID O'KEEFE, A'ice-President, Woodward, 
VSisht & Co.: Vice-President, Wliitney-Central 
National Banl^: President. Industrial Homestead 
Association; Vice-President, American Surety Co.: Past 
Vice-President of Board of Port Commissionei-s, Port 
of New Orleans, was horn in MoV)iIe, Alabama, on 
April 14, 1865. He is the son of Jolin and Catlierine 
(Simpson) O'Keefe. He w-as educated in private 
scliools, St. Aloysius Academy and Jackson Scliool, un- 

(Continiicd on jKir/f in"! 



ALFPvED LK BLA^■(^ 
Insurance. 

HLFRED LE BLANC, one of New Orleans' best 
kno\\n men of business, is a native of Wirks- 
wortli, England, wliere be was boi"n in March, 
1.S5 1. He graduated from Halleybury College in 1S72, 
and the same year embarked in business ir. Liverpool, 
where he remained until 1ST7. He then removed to 
New Orleans and, during- the intervening forty-one 
years, has lived in this city. He is presently agent of 
the Harrison Line of steamers and the Lamport and 

0'"ntirAled on pmji- 112) 





FURMAN BAIiN'ES PEARCE. 

Pusiuess Man. 

-J— rriLMAN BARNES PEARCE. widely known as tlie 
L-^ Vice-President and General Mana,;;er of tlie South 
**^ Atlantic Steamsliip Line, and one of tlie able 
business men of the Crescent City, is tlie son of Robert 
Hayne and Mary (Barnes) Pearce. He was born in 
Thomson. Georiria, on November 25, 1S7S. He received 
bis preliminary education throus^h public and hiKh 
scliools of his native city, private tutors and Mercer 
University, in Macon, Ga., from which he graduated 

(ConliKUi-d on page 112) 



ALBERT WARRIO.V WlllTEMAN, 
Towiny^, Contractin:;. 

HLBERT WARREN WHITEiMAX, member of the 
firm of \\'hiteman Bros., is a native of Bayou 
Sara, I.,ouisiana, where he was born on ,Iune 27. 
1S77. The public schools supplied educational facilities, 
and after coinpletini; education therein. Mr. Wliiteman 
became an employe of B. D. Wood & Son, with which 
concern lie remained for seven years. During the fol- 
lowing seven years he w-as employed with Jung & Sons. 
of New Orleans. He then formed a partnership with 

iC^untinued oa paijc 111) 



75 





chai;lf:s f. grlbkk. 

Physician 

, m ' HK storms of political life in Gi'etna. whicli lies 
fl *\ just across the river from New Orleans, ha\'e 
^^ served merely as breakers that have ^arrietl to a 
higher and more secure altitude Chai'les F. Gelbke. 
long a factor in tlie civic life of the little city across 
the bis Mississippi I;iver. Dr. Gell.ke has contributed 
aldy to a staViilization of the various fintions that 
from time to time have arisen to disturb the progress 
of Gretna, of which city lie was electee Mayor in 
1S17. He has fostered the commercial growth of 



RRNEDICT MORKT GRUXF.WA LI ). 
Business Man. 

■ yOR three generations the family of Grunewald 
LJ has contributed to tlie commercial history of the 
**^ South in a remarkable manner througli its activi- 
ties in the musical instrument business, and Benedict 
Moret Grunewald is the thi>"d \'ice-President and Man- 
ai^er of Grunewald Music Co., which was founded li.v 
his m'andfatliei' and is uni\'ersally reco;<nized as tlie 
oldest and most reliable piano house in the South, and 
the oldest a.ijent of the Steinway piano in the United 
States. 



(Cnlltilliutl nil iHUje 110) 



{Cimtinui'd on paijc lot)) 





i.f:stior f. .m.kxaxdkr. 

Contractor. 

•j^ESTER F. ALEXANDER. Ensineerinq Contractor, 
Mf prominent in the local business world, was born 
-* *» in Dallas County. Texas, on Februaiy 3, 1ST9. 
He was educated in the public schools. When only 
si.xteen years old he entered the employ of F. M. Ham- 
mond ^: Co.. of n^exas. as salesman and clerk, with 
uiiich he remained for four years. The L'nited States 
Go\'ernment then sent him to Havana. Cuba, as clerk 
in the Commissary Department. He later became Chief 
Clerk for United States Engineers, engaged in harbor 

{Cimluiuf:d on patjc 109) 



A LEXAXDEI: PAP.SOXS. 



EDWARD 
Lawyer. 

^^DWARD ALEXANDER PARSONS, Lawyer and 
frH Xotary Public, born in Xew Orleans, of Enslish 
^^ and French parentage. His education began at 
St. Simeon's .Select School, and he graduated from the 
Boys' High School, Xew Orleans College of Oratory, 
College of the Immaculate Conception (.lesuit's Col- 
lege), and Tulane l'niversit>'. Always interested in 
the cause of education, he was a ntember of the School 
Board (14th Ward, 190S-1912); president of alumni 
societies, and was the leader in the movement for new 



ICimlmind 



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MUnir'HY J. FOSTIOR 
Piihlic Official. 

^-yvI-RPHY J. FOSTER. Ex-Governor of the State of 
fll Louisiana, anil now Collector of the Port of 
, *> Orleans, was born in Franklin. Louisiani on 
■January 12. 1S49. In 1879 he was elected to the Louisi- 
ana State Senate, where he served with distinction for 
twelve years. Retiring from the Senate, he hesjan the 
practice of law in Xew^ Orleans and inaugurated a 
nsht asrainst tlie Louisiana State Lottery, which finally 
won in the e.Npulsion of that enteriiri.se from tlie state 
In IsiiO he was elected Governor of Louisiana an i 

(f'mitintn'ff nn pa;/i' 10,S) 




JOHN FRAXC'IS PP.IM. 
Priest. 

Y3 KV. KATllEi: .JOHX FRAXCIS PRIM, Pastor of 
■ "'I I ailnlltnn Church since July 4. 1S?,S; Past Secre- 
^^ tary tu the late Archbishop F. Janssens. Past 
Chancellor of the Diocese of Xew Orleans, founder of 
missions and indefaliyable worker for the promotion 
ot ( atholicity, IS one of the most interesting characters 
of Xew Orleans' public life. Rorn in Germany in 186G 
received his church and school education in Germany' 
J ranee, Austria and Belgium, and arrived in New 
Orleans, September 27, 1S93, Since assuming charge 

1 f'lnlhnnif im pni/r 111')) 




chai:li;s he.xrt rkhre, 

Business Alan. 

QllARLES HEXRY BEHHE, President of the Peli- 
can Ice Co.. Pelican Cold Storage & Warehousini; 
Co.. of which concerns he has been Presid,-nt 
.since their orKanization, which he directed: President 
ot LaGran.lie (Georsia) Ice & Fuel Co.. and one of its 
organizers, began business as a oliarniacist in Charles- 
ton, S. C. He later lived in Atlanta. Georiria, but, 
hnduiK pharmacy yieIdin^' returns too slowly for one 
ot his active intelligence. Mr. Heine founded" the Peli- 
can Ice Co. in Xew Orleans in 1902, and has founded 

(Cnntinued on page 100) 




VALKXTIXE KI.XC, lltlox 
Denial Suryeon. 

Y^l- V.A.LEXTIXE KIXG IRIOX, Dental Surgeon 
XJ ";•;.'?, '"V;" ■" MarksvlHe. Louisiana, in the year 
■—"^ l.M>J. He IS the son of Alfred Prigps and Caro- 
line (King) Irion, whose education beyan in the public 
schools uf Avoyelles parish. In 1.S64 he graduated 
I'.ngineering Deiartment of Louisiana State 
cijmpleteii a special course in 1SS6 at 

.- , X ^...echmcuiii. and graduateri from the Dental 

Department of Fniver.ui'- "' «' ' — i ■•- •■<■.- „ . 



from the 
Uni\ersit.v 



/uiich Polilechmcuiii. and graduateri from the Dental 
Department of rniversily of Maryland in 1SS7. Splen- 
didly etiuipped for his life's work, he began the prac- 



iContinited on page lOS) 



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I'lDMrXD RRXKST HICHARDSOX, 
I'utton Planter — Merchant. 

el'.VirXD EPvXEST RICHAUDSOX, Cotton Planter 
anrl Mcrcliant, interested in gx-neral farming: anil 
live stock raising, active in oil mills, and manii- 
raclincr of cotton seed products, was horn in Reids- 
\ilh-. Xorth Carolina, on Jannarv 31. 1.S61. Educated at 
University of North Carolina. He is President of 
Glen Allan Oil Mill Co., and Vice-President of the 
R. P. Richardson, .Ir., & Co., Inc., manufacturers of the 
famous Old North State smoking lohacco, with plant 
at Reidsville. X. C, Mr. Richardson is prominent 

(Citnliniud on paijc 113) 



HENRY R. PEDARRE, 
Husiiiess Man. 

BKXRY R. PEDARRE, active factor of Xew Or- 
leans' commercial world, was born in Xew Orleans 
in 1866. He attended private schools of New 
iirloans. In 1S.S3 he betian activities in the tent and 
awning and cotton duck business, in which lie has 
continued affiliated until this date, having establislied 
a successful and lucrative business in his line. Mr. 
Pedarre has .given some of his time to the service of 
the public, and served as school director for eight 
years. He marrieil Miss Eva n, Montaldo. There are 

{Conliuiifd OR pai/c 112) 




(•■IIICD A. EARHART. 
Hiiigyist. 

Pl;i;n a. EARHART, a soldier of the Spanish- 
.\inencan war and a prominent retail druggist, 
was born in X'ew .Orleans in the year IST.i. He 
is the son of Valentine and P.. (Adam) Earliart. His 
education began in the imlilic schools. He then entered 
a College of Pharmacy, from which he graduated. His 
business career began with Finlay * isruning, whole- 
sale iliiiggists, which firm merged into that of L,. A. 
I'.iiiniiig & Company. Governor Sanders appointed Mr. 

(Continued on patje 113) 




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MICHAEL JOSEPH ROONEY, 
Public Official. 

^•vICHAEL JOSEPH ROOXEY, for fourteen years 
fll chief clerk to the Mayor of Xew Orleans, is one 
*> of Xew Orleans' prominent and iiopular politi- 
cians. He is a native of the Crescent City, where he 
was born in 1,S74. He attended public schools, Jesuits 
College and Tulane University. When the Spanish- 
American war furnished .America with a need for mili- 
tary service from her erstwhile civic residents, Mr. 
Rooney volunteered and served for thirty-nine mont...-: 

(Cnntinwd on patjc 113) 




MARK LICIGH ALKXAXDER, 
' 'omiiiissioner of Conservation. 

^>»vARK LEIGH ALEXAXDER, a son of James T. 
■ I I anil Fannie (Ledyard) Alexai'.der. was born Aii- 
■*-"-S yust 15, 1862, MecklenburK- County. Virsinia. On 
the |;aternal side, his srandmotlier wa.s a daughter of 
(Governor Turner of North Carolina, while liis wrand- 
father, Marl< Alexander, represented Virginia in Con- 
gress of the United States for sixteen years. 

After Ills education in tlie common scIio.tI, he com- 
menced in the business world as a clerk in the firm 
of A. Baldwin & Co.. of New Orleans, I.a., subsequently 

{Continued on }m(jr 100) 



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.lULES .1. DRAWE, 
Cotton Seed Products. 

Jni.RS .1. DRAWE, popular State Senator from the 
Fifth Senatorial District, prior to election to his 
piesent distins^uished office had achie\ed remark- 
able success in the commercial world as an operator in 
cotton products, which he has handled extensively for 
a number of years. He was inspector of cotton seed 
products for the New Orleans Board of Ti'ade for a 
long period, and privately lias represented rome of the 
largest exjiortei's of cotton seed products cperating in 
this section. Senator Drawe was born in Chicago, 

(Continncd on paf/e 110) 




KREDICIMCK WARXER M ATTIUOW.S. 

.-secretary and Treasurer, Charity Hospital of La. 

-p-TREDKRICK WARXER MATTHEWS', Secretary and 
L-( Treasurer of the Charity Hospital of Louisiana. 
.*— Born in Xew Orleans, Louisiana, F'ebruarv 14. 
ISiii, and was educated in public scliools and by private 
tutor. He began ills business career as bookkeeper for 
the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 
At that time T. H. Bowles was general agent. He 
remained with that corporation for one vear — 1890 to 
ixiil. In the latter year he went with the Liverpool 
and London and Globe Insurance Com))any, Clarence F. 

(Continiii'd on page 109) 




Cll.VKLlO.S DK'KIO.WS MONTGOMERY. 
I'linter. ICditor, Business Man. 

QM.VKLES DICKENS MONTGOMERY. Printer. 
Editor, Publisher in the West, the X^orth, and 
later in the South, is the son of Richard Warren 
and lOhzabetb Byrne Montgomery, born in Salem, Mis- 
.souri. on September 12, 1S70. He attended the public 
schools and, after a varied career in the capacities 
mentujned, lie linally became associated with the Mer- 
genthaler Linotype Company, which latter he left to 
organize the sales staff of the Intertvpe Corporation, 
for winch he became Agency Manager in Chicago. 

(.Continued on paije lOS) 



79 




Wll.l.lAJl I,VI,|.; KlCHlOHlJX. 
' U ain. 

■w«t-cir.LIAM LYLK RK'HKSON. Man.iqer of the 
\jIJ \\ iieat Kxport Co., Jnc. New Orleans office 
w^ I lepresentins allied sovernments' buyers of 
foodstulTsI, occupied all positions from office" boy to 
superintendent in srain elevator operation at St Louis 
llo.. Kansas City, Mo., and New Orleans. La., during 
the years ISSS-lSg'!. He became wrain inspector at 
.\e\v Oi-leans in 1S93, and served in that office until 
lilftl. when he was promoted to tlie office of chief srain 

(Conliniied on pacje 111) 




.TAMES W. BILLINGSLEY, 
Consultins' Kngineer. 

HIIOXG men prominent in technical professions 
none stand higher in N'ew Orleans and the South 
.generally than .lames W. Billimfsley. Mr. Bil- 
lingslev is a native of Louisiana, wliere lie was born 
on .January 29, l.s.so. He graduated from Rensselaer 
Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New Yoik, and immedi- 
ately assumed activities in his chosen profession of 
consultinar engineer. He is achieving marked distinc- 
lion and is pre-eminently successful in his work. Mr. 

(Continued on page W?,) 




CHARLES A STAIR, 

General Manager, Cumberland Tel. & Tel. Co, 

QliARLES A. STAIR, the promipentlv popular Gen- 
eral Manaser of tlie Cumberland T^ieplione and 
Teleijraph Company, is reco«ni:'.ed as one of the 
l>est informed men in the telephone business, in which 
be has been enJ;a^'ed for twenty-five vears. His busi- 
ness career be.san with the Cumberland Telephone and 
1 elesraph Company on December 1, ISIKi in some 
mmor capacity, from which he rose throuirh the aiipli- 
cation of intellisent effort to various positions of re- 

iContinutii on page 111) 




80 



EDWARD S. HILL, 

FJusiness Man. 

y^ I )\VAUD S. HILL, widely known as the popular 
■— ] ayent for Morton Salt Co., was born in Chicago, 
■*-A Illinois, on Ausust 4. 1S67, and is the son of 
Harlow B. and Mary Stow Hill. He i,'raduated from 
Evanston. Illinois, jniblic school in ISSl. from Evans- 
ton Hiyh !;<cliool in 1SS5. His commercial career began 
in 18K6 with his affiliation with tlie commission busi- 
ness. In LSSS he became interested in the salt business, 
to which he has since devoted all his attention. He 

iConlinued on page 111) 





\\'ILI.1AM CHAIiLKvS McLi-JOD, 
Attorney. 

-^^T^ ILLIAM CHARLEYS McLEOD. Attorney at Law, 
^^ J son of David and Margaret Tnglis (Sim) Mc- 
\A/ Leod. born on Blytliewood Plantation, La- 
fourch.e, L,a., March 11. 1S66. Mr. Mcl^eod acquired his 
elementary education in the private schocls of New 
Orleans, subsequently attended granimar srliool of the 
Tniversity of the South. Sewanee. Tenn., entering- the 
Tniversity of Louisiana in 1SS2, later attended Tulane 
Tniversity, sraduatins from the Law Department, class 
of iss!i. Ho beijan the practice of law in New Orleans 

(Ciintitnii'il rill pfii/r IHD 



PAUL H. MALONKY. 
Business Man. 

CAVL, H. MALONEY. prominent in commercial ami 
political circles, enjoying the fruits of a succes.^- 
r'ul ca!-eei, established through his own industry 
and intelliytiit effort, was born in New Orleans on 
February 14, ISTfi. After a few ye.irs' attendance upon 
private schools of that era, Mr. Maloney, at the ase 
of seventeen years;, entered the office of S. F. Heaslip 
Company as an office boy. The mettle of the boy is 
t-\idenced from tlie fact lliat Mi-. Malon*^y, through 
years of valuable service in v;irinus capacities, is today 

(fnyitiiiiird nn paijr 111) 





inCHAFiD McCAUTHY, .111.. 
Contractor. 

_^^ K'HAUD McCAPvTHY. JK., whose twenty-two 
"I"^ years in the general contractin.i; business has 
*^-V hrouL^ht him wide prominence as a successful 
contractor, was born in Nv?w Orleans, and is a son of 
Richard Mct'artliy. tlie well-known lumber dtaler. Mr. 
McCarthy was educated in the pulilic schools of New 
Orleans and began liis career with Fred iiusch, Jr.. 
many years ago. He recently completed the lakes at 
Audubon Park, and now has in course of erection the 

{Continued on page 111) 



WILLIAM BLAIII LANCASTER. 
Realty Developer. 

-^^r^lLLIAM BLAIR LANCASTER, Developer. Born 
^ J I in New Orleans. La.. June 14. 1873. His educa- 
vA/ tion was conducted under direction of a private 
tutor within liis home. He entiayed in tlie brick manu- 
facturin;; business with his father on the Tchefuncta 
Uiver. from ISST* to 1S!);J, and eni;ai;ed in the railroa<l 
business from 1S<I3 to 1SI»S. From ISDS to IHOS in- 
operated a retail mercliandise business for liis o^ ii 
account. In llhts he began operations in liis personally- 

(^Coniinued on page 111) 



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<'HAI^lLKS ADDISON HART WELL, 
liiisiness Man. 

GIIARLKS Ai:)I)ISON HARTWELL. President C. C. 
lliirtwell Co.. New Orlean.s Louisiana. Born in 
Xew rirleans. Ausust 1:!. lS6i). Rclucaterl through 
.iisuifs CollPMe. tal<ini; tliere tlie cle.«ree of B. & M. of 
.\. His conmiercial experience bei^an as chemist for- 
lOvan Hall Suj;ar Plantation, later for the American 
.Siitar Refinery, aiiii afterward, until 1S92, lie acted 
as clerlv for Wm. A.^ar & Co. In 1.S92 he succeeded to 
ilie i.Mosidency of the C. C. FTartwcU Co., which bu.si- 
ncss was oiininally founded by lii.s father, the late 

U;,nlir.iir,l nil imji- 113) 



H. DICKSON COTHRAN, 
Cotton Factor. 

IN Rome, Geor§ia, on February 29. 1S71, H. Dick- 
son Cothran, the well-known New Orleans business 
man, was born. His iiarents were H. Dickson and 
Laura E. Cotliran. Tliey sent tlieir l)oy to the local 
public schools, and tliroug:h iiig^h school. Thus 
equipped, Mr. Cothran entered the commercial world 
of Rome, Georjiia, in IS91, by engaging in the insur- 
ance business. Later he became interested in grain 
and hay operations, which he relinquished to become 
active in the world of cotton. In 1905 Mr. Cothran 

(Coiiliiitiril iin piioi' 112) 





liA.V g. LEHON, 
1 »eicctive. 

.^-v.AN .S. LEHON, born in La Salle, Illinois, Decem- 
II lier 2S, ISTII. Parents: Timotliy and Maiv Lehiui. 
* ^ lOducated in tlie public schools. He began work 
tor his father, who was a road and building contractor, 
and later entered the employ of tlie Chicago. Rock 
Island & Pacific Railroad as switrhm.vn, w hicli occu- 
liation lie followed for several years. At the age of 
2o he successfully passed the Civil Service examina- 

(i'lmtinurd iin jiaiji' 112) 



ALBERT ANDREW WIL.SON, 
(^otton Factor. 

■ Jj l-UIORT ANDREW WILSON, senior partner of 
^H tlie widely known firm of A. A Wilson & Co.. 
^- — ** and prominently identified in cotton circles, is 
tlie son of Samuel E. and Emma (Cleveland) Wilson, 
born in Mobile. Alabama, on November 24. l&Sl. He 
attended public schools of Meridian, Mississippi, after- 
ward taking a private literary course, and studied 
commercial law at Tulane University. His business 

((Jiiiitir.in'd lilt pnije 113) 



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.11 MIX H. OVKRTOX. 
hawj'er. 

JoilX H. nVERTOX. Att6rney, rJx-City Attorney of 
Alexandria. La., member Boartl of .Suiiervisor.s of 
LouLsiana State University, and active in public 
all airs generally, is the son of Tlioma.s Overton, for 
four years Di.strict .ludue for Avovelles. Grant and 
Rapides parishes. The son attended' 1,. S U.. Kradu- 
iitins tlieiefioni with the class of 1X!I5. He took tlie 
desiee of LL.D. from Tulane University and cnleii-d 
into an active practice of his profession in Alexandiia 
in ISHS, where lie is a member of one of the most 

(i''iiiliiiue(l on im;jr no) 




I-:iiV\IX I. lIAHliXlOY, 
Law yer. 

^-jDWiX I. MAllOXKY. Lawyer, hoiii September '.6. 
■-n 1XS2. at Xew Orleans. Louisiana, was educated in 
^-A the public and private scliools of Xew- (Orleans; 
atlendrd Jesuit College, class of 191IL and sradualed 
from Tulane Law Scliool. class of ISO.'!: member of 
Legislature from Xintb Kepresentative District. IIHIX- 
1-: secretary to Court Ibuise Commission and Superin- 
tendent X. (). Court I'.uildinKs; was first man in State 
to introduce Wliite Slave Law and also the first one 
to introduce the •■Full Crew Bill" as a member of the 
Le!,-i.^latuie. session of lOOS. .lohn Mahoney. father of 
L'^dwin 1., was one of the first professional baseball 
players in New^ Orleans. 



ALBERT .JOSKPH BU.JA, 

Business Man — Member Public Utilities Board. 
' JJ ' r.Bt'lRT .JOSKPH BUJA, known the length and 
w~t breadth of the coast for liis long connection with 
-'— *» til'? steamship and -■'tevedore business, in which 
he has been enyased for eighteen years, is tlie son of 
.Vnnunciatioii and Vincent Bu,ia. born in Xew Orleans 
on Marcli Hi. 1,S67. He attended the public schools, 
then took a commercial course from .Soule's College. 
He became connected with the steamship business, ke 
is stevedore for Texas Transport & Terminal Company. 
the Italian C.overnment, the French Government and 

(Cttntinnrtf nn pdfjc llfl) 




i-;i;.\i;.-;-i- a. wiiitk. 
V'elerinary Surgeon. 

£-^ HXKST A. WHITK, Veterinary Surgeon, born at' 
^J -N'ew Orleans, La., January 14. 1875; graduatiiiK 
from tlie University of Pennsylvania, class of 97; 
imn.cd lately began the piactice of his chosen profes- 
sion at New Orlfans, and since the first year of his 
practice, I.SS17, has built up a large and lucrative prac- 
tice In New Orleans. 

Dr. White is a Mason. Shriner, and an Elk, and 
belongs to the Young Men's Gymnastic Club, and is 
regarded as one of the foremost men in his profession. 



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DAN W. FEJITEL. 
Business Man. 

.^-^AX W. FEITEI.. proprietor of wliat is said to be 
I 1 tlie largest Bag Company in the United States, 
-*»^ IS one of Xew Orleans most supcessful masters 
of commerce. He was born in Donaldsonville, Louisi- 
ana, in IS.S.?. and is tlie son of Godcliaux and Estelle 
(Josepli) Feitel. He attended tlie public schools of 
Donaldsonville. TTpon leaving school Air. Feitel went 
to New Orleans and within a short space of time had 
embarked in business for his own account, with such 
success that he is now proprietor and founder of one 

{Cfntlhr.iril on paf/c 110) 



O. M. SAMT'RIj, 
K\isiness Man. 

Oil. S.AMUP^L, pictured above, is one of the voung 
Oi leans business men who has forijcd rapidly to 
• the front. Mr. Samuel is i.,residen!. and owner 
ot the Samuel House Wreckin,« Co.n:'iianv, Inc., and the 
American Cypress Tank Companv. The' eyceutive offi- 
ces of tlie companies are at .S27 Toulou.se .street, while 
the yards, warehouses and plant are sifuattd at llul 
to 1157 Constance street. .S27 to .S'!."> Toulouse street 
and 632 to 640 Dauphine street. Tlie Samuel House 
Wrecking Company, inc., has handled practically all of 

{Cimtinurd on imfif 110) 




PHILIP ,1. SCHOFX, SR. 
Funeral Director. 

CHILIP ,J. SCHOEN, SR., proprietor of Jacob 
hchoen & Son, Xew Orleans, Director of Funerals 
and Embalnier, is a native of Xew Orleans He 
was bcrn on .lune 11', l.^ifiS. He attended the parochial 
.scliool, and St. Aloysius and S't. Stanislaus Colleires. 
When still a mere youth he associated with the firm 
ut Frantz & Sclioen. undertakers, but within a com- 
paratively short period had acquired entire ownersliip 
ot the concern which is now operated as Philip J 
Schoen, Sr., with offices at 519-527 Elysian Fields, 

(Coritiniird un pn^/c no) 




HE.XliV C. R.AMOS, 
Caterer. 

HEXRY C. RAMOS, whose catering bu«!iness enjoys 
a national reputation, was born in Indiana in 
^ IS:. 6. Tie attended public schools. In 1879 Mr 

Ivan, OS beyan a caterini; business in Baton Rouse, and 
thence in Xew Orleans, which, beKinninif in a modest 
unassuming way, within a few yeais leap'-.l into fame 
and a country-wide reco.ynition as an establishment 
de luxe. Mr. Ramos has built his iir-ser.t successful 
bu.siness tliroush close personal attention to the appli- 
cation of the best methods and employing the best 

(Cnnlinmd on iiane 110) 



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gkorgl; j. trauth, 

Knyineer — Justice of the Peace. 

6EORGI': J. TRAUTM. famous as the "Marrying 
Magistrate," of Gretna, Louisiana, wliose services 
are incessantly required by worshippers at the 
altar of Hymen, is, in everyday life, the efficient and 
capalile iL;eneral foreman of American Cotton Oil Co., 
in Gretna, He was born in Gretna on July 31, 1S77, 
and is the son of Louis and Catharine (Pfeiffer) 
Trauth. After reachinjj;- the sixth .^-rade in St. Josepli's 
J'arochi.al School, he attenrled the ,Jesuits College for 
one >'ear. llis business career bcyan as Chief Engineer 

iCiiiitiinifil on pnijr inS) 



georgp: long, 

Chief of Detectives. 

6]OOI;GE long, the popular Chief of Detectives, 
was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 16, 
1870, and attended the local public schools for 
acquirement of education. In 1S93 Captain Long be- 
came associated with tlie Police Department as a super- 
numerary [latrolman. On May 24, of tlie same year, he 
assumed duty as a patrolman, serving in that position 
until Decemlier 1, 1S97, when he was promoted to the 
office of Corporal. On June 23. 1006, Corporal Long 
became Sergeant Long, and in 1908 lie was again pro- 

(Cm)llniic'l nil piiiK- HIS) 




ItPvIWD ZUCPLIN. 

Italian Cuisul. 

BRUNd ZUCULIN. Consul for Italy, was born In 
Trieste on .-Vugust 19, 1885. He is the son of 
Rudoljih and Kmma Berlam Zuculin. In 1907 
Mr, Zuculin took the de,£;i"ee of Docior of Law from 
Pni\'ersit.v of Rome. The University of Padua con- 
ferred tlie degree of Pi'ofessor of French Language and 
Literature. In July, 1908. Mr. Zuculin entered the 
consular ser\-ice, and rendered distinguished ser\-ices 
to his country in various e.^acting capacilies. Since 
June 27, 191N. he has been Consul for Italj", stationed 
in New (Hieans. where he is ably representing and 
protecting his country's interests. He is a member of 
New Orleans Clul) and a permanent guest ot Pickwick, 
Southern Yacht and similar social organizations. 



.\1.\UKICE PICHELOUP. 

'/")— HE current history of New Orleans has long been 
^^ enlivened because of the vigorous activities of 
Maurice Plcheloup, whose affiliation with local politics 
has continued unabated through years of unselfish 
dut.v. As Superintendent of the House of Detention 
during the past twelve years, he has rendered a public 
service of great value to the community's protection 
and pro.sperity. 

Maurice Picheloup was born in New Orleans. He is 
the son of Louis and Celina Puissegur Picheloup. After 
attending the public schools for two years, he entered 
Durel College and continued tliere for about two years. 
.\l the age of 21 years Mr. Picheloup engaged in the 
ilairy and farm business, which he continued until he 
had attained to 40 years of age. He was then elected 
iSuperintendent of the House of Detention, which office 
he is falling with much distinction to this date. Mr. 
Picheloup has been twice married. His first wife was 
Miss Madeleine Maier. Their children are: Viola, 
now Mrs. Oliver Tricon; Cleo, now Mrs. Victor Morano, 
and Maurice Picheloup, Jr. Mr. Picheloup married 
Miss Margaretta Muttschler, on the occasion of liis 
second marriage. Their only child is Louis Picheloup. 
Mr. Picheloup is a member of Fonti Club, Choctaw 
Club, Elks, and belongs to Metairie Benevolent Asso- 
ciation. 





WILLIAM DAY JEXKTN.S. 

PUisiness Man. 

-^^pcILLIAM DAY .TEXKIXS, a prominent railroatl 
»w I man of the Southwest, began his commercial 
\A/ career in 1002 as Timelceeper and Cliief Cleric 
to Trainnia.ster of tire Illinois Central Raili'oad at Ful- 
ton. Ky.. since which date lie lias ri.sen steadily from 
one position of eminence to anothei'. He is at present 
acti\e in intei-ests of geneiT.l railroad supplies, bein,^' 
meclianical antl sales representative of locomotive and 
car builders' accessories for the Southern and Soutii- 
western Railroad Regional District, witli offices at 

(Confiniicd on paffe 112) 




H.\,\S .\. M. .JACOBSK.X, 
Ci\il I'Jngineer. 

HANS A. M. JACOBSKN, Civil Engineer, was ap- 
pointed Immigrant Inspector, U. S. Immigration 
Service, on Marcli 23. 191?.; Civil Service Exam- 
iner, and Federal State Director of U. S. Employment 
Service, is tile son of Jacob Jacotasen, born in Randers, 
lienmark, rm iVIay 26, 1.S82. He completed hish school 
there: acijuiied his desree of B. of L. City of New 
York. On May 10. 1917. iie was appointed member of 
Hoard of IT. S. Civil Service Examiners. On May 1, 
191 S. lie was appointed Federal Director U. S. Em- 

(Crmfinurd ml paijc 111) 



MICHAEL C. SliNS, 
Freisht Broker. 

^•rv TCilAEL C. SINS, popular amongst a lar.s'e circle 
■ IB of business acfpiaintances and personal friends, 
* * ^ is prominent in New Orleans' commercial circles 
as President of the M. C. Sins & Company, Inc.. en- 
.uaged in export freight brokerage and forwarding 
agents, with offices in tlie Hennen Building. He was 
boi'n in Mississippi, but a resident of New Orleans since 
infancy, where his education was obtained from paro- 
chial, public and commercial schools. He was for 
about four years Chief Clerk and Contracting Agent 

(Colilinued on /Hif/e 108) 




J. G. RAINWATER LUMBER COMPANY, 
SAN RAMON STEAMSHIP COMPANY, 

Lumber Exporters and Steamship 
:: :: Owners and Agents :: :: 



NEW ORLEANS, 



LOUISIANA 



'I'lic liinilicr coiiipjiny Wiis orgimizcd in 191:1, nnd tlue to 
increased luisine.ss hniiglit a yteainer in lilKi. They make 
a specialty of liandling Inniber, crossties and piling, nse<l 
in the ronstrnetion of The I'anaina t'anal. 

The ennipanies are composed of the following officers: 
.1. (!. Rainwater, President; K. L. Powell, \'iee-Presi(lent ; 
.Tames Ilanii, Vice-President; Horace Shepavd. StK-y-Treas. 



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THOMAS J. FRKEMAN, 
Lawyer. 

/■T"' HOMAS J. FREEMAN, General Counsel. Receiv- 
\J ers, Texas & Pacific Railroad. Born in Trenton. 
Tenne.ssee, Xovember 29, 1859. Educated throiish 
luiblic .schools, University of Tennessee, Cumberland 
University, Lebanon Law School, completing with de- 
gree of B. of li., in June, 18S0. He was admitted to 
the bar and practiced law generally in Memphis, Ten- 
nessee, and Dallas, Texas, until .Tune, 1891. From June, 
1891, to November, 1892, he was Assistant General 
Attorney for the Texas & Pacific Railroad, and General 
Attorney for the T. & P. R. R. until 1906. From 1906 
to 1908 he acted as General Solicitor for tlie T. & P. 
R. R. In 1908 he was appointed Receiver of the I. & G. 
N. R. R.; in 1911 he became President of the I. & G. N. 
R. R. In 1912 he was elected first Vice-President of 
the T. & P. R. R.: in 1913 he acted again as General 
Counsel of the T. & P. R. R., and to date is the General 
Counsel for Receivers of the Texas & Pacific. He is a 
member of the Boston Club. Country Club, Yacht and 
Elks Clubs of New Orleans, and National Arts Club 
of New York City. 



i;i)\YARD RUNNELS GREENLAW. 
Autnmoliile Dealer. 

>--J "WARD RUNNELS GREENLAW, a pioneer lum- 
\1 bcrm.an, now engaged in the automol)ile trucks 
jiini ti'actors business bearitig his name, is scion 
nf a laniily originating in Scotland and afterwards 
settlers in Virsinia, where the home they built in 
17.1:! remains in their possession to this date. Through 
marriage he is a connection of James Monroe, and 
anotlior relation through marriage inherited George 
\\'ashington's birthplace which, upon the demise of tlie 
liresent owner, will pass into the Greenlaw family. 
Mr. Greenlaw is the son of Lawrence D. and Dora Run- 
nels Greenlaw, born in Sardis, Mississippi, on March 
l>i, 1871. His father was a captain in the Confederate 
army. He is a rnemljer of Stratford, Press, Pickwick, 
I'ountry, Yacht, and Rotary Clubs, Elks, Motor League 
:inil Iiinrtor of the Rotary Club. 



ALBERT MILES PRATT, 
Cotton Factor — Realtor. 

jj -LBERT MILES PRATT, prominent cotton man 
^ 1 and realtor, was born in New Orleans on Janu- 
ary 4, 1885, the son of Dr. George K, and Louise 
Moore Pratt. Pie graduated from Louisiana State Uni- 
versity in 1904. He attended the University of Vir- 
ginia during 1906-07. In 1907, after leaving Virginia, 
Mr. Pratt associated with the firm of John M. Parker 
& Company. In 1911 he went to Knight & Yancey Co.. 
of Mobile, severing that connection in 1912 to affiliate 
witli Greenville Cotton Co. During 1913 he engaged 
in the real estate business in Denver, Colorado, but 
returned to New Orleans in 1915, since which date lie 
is conducting a successful real estate business in the 
Crescent City. He is Vice-President and General Man- 
ager of Provident Investment Company, and a member 
of the firm of Pratt Bros. Mr. Pratt is prominent 
socially. He is President of Stratford Club, member of 
Yacht and Audubon Golf Clubs. He is unmarried. 



.VLBERT ESTOPINAL, JR., 
Lawyer — Public Official. 

HLBERT ESTOPINAL, JR., Sheriff of St. Bernarrt 
Parish, was born in New Orleans on December 1, 
1868. He attended Louisiana State University, 
and .graduated from Tulane Law Department in 18^10. 
His pii))lic career began in 1892 witli his election to 
the office of District Attornej' for St. Bernard and 
Placiuemines parishes. He served in that capacity for 
three years. Governor Blanchard appointed him Dis- 
trict Judge, and after one year's occupancy of that 
office lie was elected to the Court of Appeals for the 
I'aiisli of Orleans, wliere he rem.ai-ied for a period of 
six .vears, resigning liis office only at the importunity 
of liis friends wlio l^esieged him with requests to run 
for the office of Sheriff of St. Bernard parisli, and lie 
was practically unanimously elected to the latter office, 
wherein he is today adding new lustre to a most suc- 
cessful career of public service. Mr. Estopinal married 
Miss Bernice Cambre. He is a member of Elks, Wood- 
men of the World, Maccabees and Knights of Columbus. 



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SHREVEPORT 



THE growth and prosperity of Slircvoport establislies entirely new ]iacc along lines of development and 
l)artic-ipates in general awakening of State. Era of striking progress marked by metropolis of Xortli 
Louisiana, one of the most thriving and up-to-date cities of the country, in which a wealth of indus- 
tries, factories and enterprises combine with natural resources of the district, affording ideal living con- 
ditions, and promise a mucli larger municipality in ihe near future. 

In a section rich in natural resources, and having numerous important industries and enterprises, 
notably participating in tiie State's general awakening and heralding a new era of progress and civiliza- 
tion, such a,s the world has never known, Shreveport. metropolis of North Louisiana, sets a new pace in 
relation to the many and diverse forms of ciminiercial, mmiici|ial and social dcvclnpnients characteristic 
of modern American cities. 

Shreveport, on the Red ]?iver and in Caddo Parish, has a population of f.'i.dOd. The city is on the 
.Jefferson and Dixie Highways, and also on the old S]janish Trail Koad, and has eleven lines of railways 
running to the Gulf of Mexico and to all the important gateways through the iliddle West. It is an 
important railway center, as well as one of tlie most important of jobbing centers in the country. It has 
] 10 manufacturing industries, with factories for making safes and locks, silos, trunks, tents, glassware, 
woodenware, mattresses, canning plants. 

An evidence of the importance of Shreveport's prosperity, it may not be amiss to say that the pro- 
duction of oil and output of factories amount, annually, to nearly $20,0()(),000 ; natural gas, $2,350,000 ; 
cotton, about $10,000,000. Other contributing features are lumber, fertilizers, wholesale grocers, packing 
liouse products, hardware and agricultural implements, dry goods, oil well supplies, miscellaneous whole- 
sale business. PLxcluding the retail trade, the animal volume of business amounts to more than 
$100,000,000. 

Shreveport has a million-dollar hotel, sixt3'-four miles of paved streets, with many miles of model 
roads in the surrounding districts ; four large office buildings, one of which lias ten stories, with three 
elevators; a twelve-story luiilding in construction; three large oil refineries, with general offices of the 
Standard Oil Company, the (}ulf IJeflning Company and tlie Texas Company. The assessed valuation 
of the city is $22,000,11(10: df Caddo Tarish, $3.'5,000,00O, the assessment being only 40 per cent of the 
valuation. 

In this city there are two daily newspapers, conducted along nielropolitan lines and on sound bu-i- 
ness basis; five banks and two trust companies, deposits being in excess of $21,000,000. Educational 
advantages are unsurpassed. There is one high school, nine elementary schools, and a number of private 
institutions of learning, all with up-to-date buildings and facilities. In addition to these features, there are 
the Country Club and Golf Course, Kansas City Southern Eailway shops. State Charity Hospital, library 
and other things which serve to make up a city of its kind. 

With an efficient Board of Health, and with ideal climate, the health idnditions are highly creil- 
italde as compared with those of many other cities. Tlie commission foi-m of government was adopted by 
.Shreveport, and proves satisfactory in every respect, according to all accounts, the officers of the city 
co-operating with the citizens geni'i-ally for the further upbuilding of the municipality. 

The elevation of the land upon which the city of Shreveport was builded is 251 feet.. The mean 
temperature for .January is 48. 1 ; S2 for July. The to]jograpliy of the region is of undulating uplands, 
covered with hardwood timl)er. and the rich level valley lands aldug lied River I'oi'nis the eastern boun- 
dary of the parish, some "f the most productive soils in the country. Witli the stimulus recently given 
the c-otton industry, many farmers have returned to the cultivation nf that kind of crop. Alfalfa, oats 
and corn also play important parts in the agricultural conditions of the surrounding districts. Good 
water can be obtained by sinking wells of moderate depths, and the rolling character of the section af- 
fords good drainage. 

A'ery few cities of the United States offer more inviting residence sites than does Shreve])ort. Tlie 
trend cif the residential section has been .southward, and a good num!>er of beautiful subdivisions have been 
opened up. Statistics show that there is a comparatively large number of home-owners in this city, and 
rising prices of lots in ami about Shreve])oi-t afford safe investments as to siicii ]iro]K'rties. As to social 
life, the city is noted fm- many advantages, having numerous clubs and siiciet\- lodges, including the Elks' 
Club, the ('olumbia Club, the Athletic Club, the Shreveport Musical Club, and other similar organiza- 
tions. The automobile garages in the city are e(|u.il to the best ])ossii)le t(i be <i'vn in any part of the coun- 
try. Xatural gas, in great abundance, affords chea]i fuel in homes ami factories. Shreveport is the 
home of the Lmiisiana State Fair, for which half a millimi dollars have hern invested. With all the feat- 
ures mentioned in the foregoing, and with a fast inc'-easing pdpubitiini. it is i'('as(Uiable to presume that 
Shreveport will be a much greater city in the near future. 

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JOHN XlcWlLLIA.ArS FORD. 
JIavor. SliiwcTMirt, La. 

JdllN' MtWlLLIAMS FORD, tlie popular, pi'o- 
gT'e.s.sive Mayor of Shreveport. Ijouisiaiia, is 
llie .son of Dr. Thomas Griffin and Alice (Mc- 
W'illianis) b'ord, and a native of Shreveport, where 
he was horn on February 15, ISSO. After attend- 
ing private and pul^lic scliools for the aequire- 
ment of the rudiments of education. Mr. Ford, 
ilurin.y tlie years 18SI3-1S96, attended Sewanee 
Militai-y Academy, g-oin.i?-. in 18U6, to University 
of tlie Soutii, Sewanee, Tennessee, where liis edu- 
cation was completed in 1898. Upon returning 
home, Mr. Ford began his career in tlie business 
world tlirouyli the medium of banking, witli 
whicli he was aftiliated until 1902. Tlie four 
.years following wei'e devoted to business as a 
merchant, and in 1906 lie broadened opei'ations 
to include wholesale .yrain and milling activities. 
His firm, known as Kalnibach-Ford Company. 
Ltd., Iiecame one of the widely known factors 
in the grain and mill indiistr>' of north Louisiana. 
Mr. Ford's cariabiliti-?s. however. i-e<iuired a more 
expansive field for optration, and found a con- 



.genial outlet in civic work. In November. 1908, 
he became a member of Shre\'eport's City Coun- 
cil, and until 191(1 was one of the most active 
members of that body. In 1914 he accepted 
office witli the Police ,Iury, from which he re- 
tired in 1911) to serve as a member of the State 
Legislature. Sliortly thereafter he was elected 
Mayor of Shreveport, and, preferring to concen- 
trate his capaliilities in service to his home 
town, he accepted the office, which he lias sine; 
tilltd with unanini'ius approval of Shreveport's 
entire populace, who enthusiastically re-elected 
him tlieii- Mayor for a four-year term in 1913, 
without any ojiposition wliatsoever. 

On Seiitember 15, 190S, Mr. Ford and Miss 
Mary I'earcc were united in marriage, and their 
home is a rendezvous for much of Shreveport's 
social and political activities. 

Mr Ford is a member of S. A. E. College Fra- 
ternity, a popular B. P. O. E., a Scottish Rite 
Mason, Knight Templar and Shrini'r. He belongs 
to Shre\'eport Kotai-y and Counti'y Clubs, and is 
considcreil one of the most virile and capable men 
of north Louisiana and the State .generally. 



89 




KPPKS WAYLES BROWNE. 
I^awver. 

y^PPES WAYLES BROWNE. Lawyer, nu-nihtr 
»— j lit' Louisiana General A.^.semlily and promi- 
^-A nent les'islator. was born in Lake Provi- 
ilenee, Louisiana, on Ausust 27. 1S79. He i.s tlie 
son of Benjamin F. and Laura Ella Browne. From 
liiKli school he went to Louisiana State Univer- 
'sity, where he reached the junior class. He en- 
tereil Tulane Law School. Kradiiatingr with the 
class of 1904 (May). He began the practice of 
his legal profession at once, in which he has 
attained eminent success. He was appointed by 
Governor Hall in llUi Attorney for Tax Collec- 
tion of Caddo Parish. Louisiana. His activities 
ha\"e always been vigorously directed towarti 
moral betterment of the community. In 1917 he 
was elected member of Louisiana General Assem- 
bly to (ill the unexiiired term of .Tolin McWil- 
liams Ford, the prese.it Mayor of Shreveport. and 
at once championed all issues retroactive on the 
morals of the community. He is amon.a the most 
forceftil speakers of his section, and presents 
questions to the public with a concise clearness. 



Air. ISrowne lias also been remarkably successful 
in the world of commerce. Since 1912 he has 
been a director of the American National Bank 
of Shreveport. He is President of the Title Guar- 
anty & Securities Companj'. and also of the 
Queen City Realty C'om.pany. and is a virile 
worker for genuine de\elopment of bis community 
and Slate. His well-known stability easily wins 
a powerful following for any undertaking be 
liecomes affiliated witii. and he enjoys the conli- 
dence of the classes and likewise of the masses, 
whose interests be ne^er overlooks. Mr. Browne 
married Jliss Grace Hall Lang, daughter of B. W. 
Lang. Clerk of Court in Harrison County, Texas. 
Tlieir home happiness is comi)leted by the pres- 
ence of one stin. E. Wa>'les Browne. .Jr.. who. at 
the age of two years, had a vocabulary of over 
1.10(1 words. Mr. Browne is a member of Amer- 
ican Bar Association, belongs to Louisiana Bar 
.\ssociation. being Chairman of the Committee 
of Itie Shrevenort Bar Association. He is also a 
momber of Elks Lodge. 122. and in every way one 
of Louisiana's most active and progressive 
citizens. 



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MONROE 

OUACHITA PARISH 



MOXROE, situated in Xortheast Louisiana, has a population of some 14,000 people, is located on the 
Ouachita River, with steamhoat traffic to N"ew Orleans. The government is constructing a system 
of locks and dams on this river, one of which, at Monroe, is completed, and the two below seventy 
per cent completed. The appropriation for the completion of these two dams is in hand, and one season 
of low water will suifice to complete them, and thus insure river navigation tlie year round. 

West Monroe, separated from Monroe by the Ouachita Eiver, has a population of 2,000, its own 
municipal government, excellent systems of water, sewerage, schools, churches and fire department. 

There are three railroads through Monroe — tlie Yicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific, Missouri Pacific, 
Iron Mountain and its branches, and the Arkansas, Louisiana & Midland, running twenty passenger trains 
daily. 

Monroe is the jobbing and trade center of a rich agricultural country for a distance of seventy-Sve 
miles in every direction. On account of lier river transportation, ample railroad facilities, cheap freight 
rates, with 500,000,000 feet of oak, gum and pine timber in Ouachita Parish. Jlonroe is an ideal loca- 
tion for manufacturing plants, especially woodworking plants. A box factory, veneer plant, chair fac- 
tory, wagon factory and furniture factory would find Monroe an ideal site on account of raw material, 
trade location and cheap transportation with fuel from their waste. It is also an opportune time to estab- 
lish in Monroe a department store, overall factory, wholesale drug company, and a poultry packing plant, 
and button factory. 

The city owns and operates its water system, electric lighting plant, and street car system. 

Monroe has a unique pleasure resort in its Eadia Salt Water Natatorium. The jSTatatorium is 
owned and controlled by the city, the salt water coming from a well about 2,400 feet in depth, the result 
of an attempt to strike oil and gas during the year 1909. After reaching a depth of 2,400 feet the salt 
water rushed in and drowned the well, though some gas is flowing yet, coming up with the salt water, 
and in sufficient quantity to run heating plants for tlie shower baths. The swimming pool is 200 x 400 
feet, ranging in depth from one to twelve feet. The flow of water is about 7,000 gallons per day, insur- 
ing clean water at all times. There are four bath houses ample to accommodate 350 bathers. 

The agricultural lands surrounding Monroe are remarkably rich; a sandy loam producing large 
acreage yields of cotton, corn, oats, potatoes, peas, soy beans, and hay. The long growing season and 
ample rainfall (50 inches) making possible two, and even three crops in one year. 

Monroe is noted for its fine schools and churches and its immunity from epidemic diseases, 
cyclonic and seismic disturbances. It has never, in all its history, had an epidemic, a destructive storm 
nor an earthquake. It is an ideal place to live and prosper. 

A $500,000 bond issue for about 100 miles of good roads was recently voted in two road dis- 
tricts for the construction of roads radiating from Monroe north, northeast, east, southeast, and south. 
These roads will give easy access to Monroe to farmers fifteen or twenty miles distant, making farm 
lands in the vicinity of Monroe more attractive. 

The development of the Monroe Oil and Gas Field, twenty miles north of this city, has given 
an impetus to the industrial life of Jlonroe. Several wells have produced gas in large quantities, and 
gas from this field will be piped to Monroe in a short while. Natural gas will make cheap fuel that will 
be attractive to manufacturing enterprises, and the added attraction of river navigation will lend vigor 
to the industrial life of Monroe. 

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Jn Mpmnrtam 



"Louisianians' and their State" tcoidd he incom- 
plete without a tribute to some of those who, now 
gone, had their full part in the uphuilding of the 
great commonwealth ; and whose monuments are to 
he seen in many things. In the husy marts of trade 
some of them made their impress upon the develop- 
ment of commerce; others are rememhered for their 
philanthropy or their public spirited unselfishness 
which resulted in the establishment of or the develop- 
ment of the great institutions of which we of the 
present day are so proud. They have solved the 
mystery of the Valley of Silence. In loving tribute 
the following chapters are devoted to their memories. 



96 




ARTHUR WASHINGTON de ROAT.DES, 
SurjiTeon — Humanitarian. 

J y UTHUR WASHINGTON de ROALDES. 

r\ surgeon, humanitarian, veteran of the 
/— ** Franco-Prussian War of 1S70. Com- 
mandeur de la Legion d'Honneur, t'ommandeur 
of the papal Order of Saint Gregoire le Grand. 
Chevalier of the Italian Order of Saints Maurice 
et Lazare. was born in Opelousas, Louisiana. 
January 25th, 1S49. Son of Abel de Roaldes. M. 
D. and Coralie Testas de Folmont of the Depait- 
ment du Lot, France. 

Arthur W. de Roaldes was a grand nephew of 
General Garrigues de Flaujac of St. Landry 
Parish, Louisiana who emigrated to Louisiana 
during the French revolution, bacame later State 
Senator, iUid was a hero of the battle of New 
Orleans, specially mentioned in the official re- 
port of (jeneral Jackson; General Garrigues de 
Flaujac was credited with having commanded the 
battery tliat killed Pakenham. 

Artliur W. de Roaldes was educated in France 
by the Jesuits; was awarded by the jury of the 
Univei-sity of France the diploma of Bachelier- 
es-Lettres in 1S65 and of Bachelier-es-Sciences 
in 1S66. An epidemic of cholera having closed 
the schools of Paris he returned to America 
where he began his medical studies and later 
became interne of the Charity Hospital. The 
Medical Department of the University of Louisi- 
ana (now Tulane) conferred upon him the diploma 



of doctor in 1S69. after which he continued his 
medical studies in France. He passed his last 
examination before the Faculty of Paris, by 
which he was awarded the title of docteur en 
medecine in lS7(t. At the outbreak of the Franco- 
Prussian war he offered his services, and on the 
lecommendation of Professor Nelaton and Dr. 
Marion Sims, was appointed Assistant Aide- 
Major of the Gtli International Ambulance. At 
the retieat of the Tith Army Corps, surprised by 
the Germans, he was mentioned in the Order of 
the Day for act of bravery on the eve of the 
Battle of Sedan. Not only did he save his 
Ambulance at tlie Battle of Beaumont-Mouzon, 
but also a number of wounded in an improvised 
hospital, which Prussian guns directed at a 
pontoon behind it, had set lire to, for which he 
was subsequently made Chevalier de la Legion 
d'Honneur. He planted the Red Cross flag on the 
roof of the burning building, which forced the 
Prussians, in respect to the article of the Con- 
vention of Geneva, to change the direction of 
their firing. The following day. with the aid of 
three hospital nurses, in the heat of battle he 
rescued 17 wounded French and Germans from a 
burning house at BazeiUes. He then served in 
the Armee de la Loire until the end of the war. 

Cte de Flavigny, President of the French Red 
Cross, appointed Dr. de Roaldes Surgeon-in-Chiel 
at the outbreak of the Commune, and he organ- 
ized the Ambulance of Chaville and Ville d'Avray, 

( Con tin uvd on page 98) 



97 



ARTHUR WASHINGTON- cU- UOALDES. 

{Coinliicd from page 97) 

acting under the orders of the government of 
Versailles. The Red Cross Society presented him 
with llattiMiiiK documents expressing its thanks, 
as well as with the Sui-gical Instruments used in 
his Ambulance during tlie Second Siege of Paris. 

In 1S72 he returned to New (.Orleans and served 
as Chief of (.Minic successively to Professoi's 
Richardson and Logan. At different periods he 
was visiting Surgeon at the Charity Hospital. 

In lS"(i for reasons of health he went to Nice. 
France, where he joined the aiedical Society and 
practised his profession during the winters. 
traveling during the summer on tlie continent. 

In ISSO Governor ^^'iltz of Louisiana, offered 
him the position of Surgeon in Chief of tlie 
Charity Hospital which he accepted. a.nd returned 
to New Orleans to assume its direction. The 
Boar-d of -Administration at the head of which 
was Doctor Holliday, seconded Dr. de Roaldes 
unsuccessful effort to introduce trained nurses 
into the Charity Hospital. It was not until ten 
years later that a subseyuent administration ac- 
cepted the reform. During his term as Surgeon 
in Chief he suggested and ]>resented jilans for an 
ambulance service, which were also carried out 
by a successor. 

From 1SS7-1SS9 he devoted himself to special 
study of diseases of the Ear, Nose. Throat and 
("best, visiting for that purpose during Spring 
and Summer the principal clinics of Europe. 
.\ided by charitable citizens, he founded in 1SS9 
the Eye. Ear, Nose and Tliroat Hospital with 
Mr. William B. Schmidt, as its first president, 
and of which he became Surgeon in Chief. He 
held this position until his death. 

In 1S9U he was elected to the Chair of Oto- 
Laryngology in the Faculty of the New Orleans 
Polyclinic (now Tulane Post-Graduate School 
of Medicine.) He took part in 1S90 in the Inter- 
national Congress of Berlin and became Corre- 
sponding Member of la Societe Francaise d'Otolo- 
gie de Rhinologie et de Larj'ngologie; Vice-Presi- 
dent Louisiana State Medical Society in 1S92; 
in 1S93 was president of the Orleans Parish 
Medical Society: president New Orleans Diph- 
theria Antitoxin Commission in 1S94; Fellow of 
the American Laryngological Association, and 
delegate from it to the Laryngological Associa- 
tion of England, and to the 5th International 
Otologieal Congress 1S9.T held in Florence, Italy. 
At this Congress he was chosen a member of the 
Organization Committee of the next International 
Congress to be held in London in 1899. Mem- 
ber of International Congress in Rome in 1894, 
Paris, 1900, Member of American Committee 
of Seventh Otologieal Congress in 1904 at 
Bordeaux. He collaborated in several medi- 
cal journals in America and in Europe. He 
was Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 
and Member of Institute of Social Sciences. His 
graduation thesis on "Les fractures du Femur 
par arnics ii Feu." received honorable mention 
by tile Facultj' of Paris. ..\mong his writings on 
medical themes are: 

■■A Case of Atresia Laryngis from Catarrhal 
Laryngitis, with presentation of Patient followed 
by Intubation:" 1S91. 

"The Electrical Department of the Eye. Ear. 
Nose and Throat Hospital of New Orleans: ' 1893. 

"Adenoid Growths of the Naso-Pharvnx and 
their Treatment:" 1S93. 

"An improved Motor-Dynamo and Electrical 
Cabinet:" 1894. 

"Bromide of Ethyl as an Anaesthetic in Oto- 
Laryngological Practice:" 1894. 

".\ Case of Foreign Body (gold coin) Engaged 
in the Veiitrides of the Larynx:" 1894. 



"A Case of Compound Follicula Odontoma in- 
vading the Right Anteum of Highmore and 
obstructing the Corresponding Nasal Fossa;" 
1894. 

"The liifferential Diagnosis between Diphtlieria 
and other Diphtheroid CPsendo Membranous) In- 
llammations of the Upper Air Passages can only 
be positively established in doubtful cases by the 
luesence of the Klebs-Loeffler Bacilus:" 1S94. 

"Notes on Diphtheria Antitoxine," 1895. 

"Report of the Diphtheria Antitoxin Commis- 
sion of New (irleans:" 1894-1895. 

"Notes Preliminaries sur qualques unes des 
particularites du Negre en Otologic," 1896. 

"Report of a case of Incomplete Fracture of 
the Left Cornu of the Thyroid Cartilage, result- 
ing from Self-inflicted Violence:" 1897. 

"A Remarkable Case of Fibro-Chondroma of 
Branchial Origin (Pharyngeal Teratoma), re- 
moved from the Throat of an Infant Six Weeks 
Old," 1897. 

"Report of a few Cases of Chronic Empyema 
of the Antrum of Highmore: operation by the 
Caldwell-Luc Method," 1900. 

"Management of Foreign Bodies in the Air 
Passages:" 1900, etc. 

In 1903 the French Government, in considera- 
tion of his scientific works and of his Founda- 
tion made him Officer of the Legion d'Honneur. 

A short while after, he was awarded at a pub- 
lie ceremony by a committee of the Progressive 
Union, the Picayune "Loving Cup," an honor 
conferred upon the one recognized b.v the citizens 
of New (irleans as having rendered the greatest 
service during the year for the public benefit. 

Subsequently. France rewarded the gratuitous 
services rendered her indigent sick by his hospital 
foundation by sending it a magnificent Vase de 
Sevres of heroic size, example that was followed 
by the governments of Italy, Russia, Germany, 
and Spain with artistic gifts to the same insti- 
tution in appreciation of medical attention given 
their respective poor. 

In 190G he raised a large sum of money with 
which was constructed the new clinic of the Bye, 
Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, of which the in- 
auguration took place February 22nd. 190S. In the 
same year he was raised by the government to 
the grade of Commandeur de la Legion d' 
Honneur. 

In 1907. he presided over the meeting in 
Washington of the American Laryngological 
Association. 

In 189B Doctor de Roaldes lost his sight at 
the zenith of his professional career. Undaunted 
by his misfortune that would have forced many 
another into inactivity, he courageously con- 
tinued, handicapped as he was, with the help of 
competent partners and assistants the success- 
ful administration for l.'i years of his hospital 
foundation and his office practice until invalidism 
seven years before his death confined him to his 
home. It was a cruel irony of fate that one who 
h.i.d founded a hospital for the relief of eye 
cases should himself have been stricken with 
blindness. He died June 12th, 1918. Doctor de 
lioaides was a devout Catholic. 

He married in 1874 Laura Pandely who died 
in 1S75. In 1SS5 he married Annie E. Miller, 
daughter of Justice Henry C. Miller of the 
Supreme Court of Louisiana. 

He was well known for his genial disposition, 
hospitality, his power of making and keeping 
friends, and his kindliness to the poor. 

Active member for many years of the Orleans 
I'ai ish Medical Society, Louisiana Slate Medical 
Society, and of the American Laryngological As- 
sociation, when sickness necessitated his retire- 
ment, be was put on the list of Honorary Mem- 
bers. 



98 




CHARLES ALPHONZO FARWELL 
business Man. Sugar Factor. Pliilantliropist. 

aHARLES ALPHONZO FARWELL. an ideal- 
istic spirit, a mind of unusual brilliancy 
and an executive .skill that proceeded with 
nninteri'upted a.ssurance to tlie accomplish- 
ment of the designed ends easily appointed the 
late Charles Alphonzo Farwell a leader of the 
more difficult and hazardous comViats that de- 
velope in the gi-owth of a comniunit>' i)optilated 
by so widely diverse nationalities and actuated by 
such conflicting aims as are chai'acteristic of 
New Oi'leans. His conti-ibution to the commercial 
strength of tiie city was notable. Grounded in 
the knowledge obtained by personal contact with 
the problems of management of lai'ge plantations, 
during his career in that capacity on the planta- 
tion of his uncle. Richard Milliken. Mr. Farwell 
entered the office of the former in New Orleans 
but soon became a partner of the tiusiness which 
as Milliken & Farwell was one of the leading 
factoi-s in the sugar producing and selling in- 
dustry of the south. Mr. Farwell attained 
special eminence in connection with his work in 
behalf of protection of .American industries. His 
wide knowledge of tariff laws in their relation 
to the sugar industry thrust upon his shoulders 
the weightest work for the preservation of this 
most impo!-tant Louisiana product. A^'hen the 
.American Cane Glowers' -Assn. was organized in 
1S96, Mr. Farwell was elected its President. He 
affiliated his organization with the .Vmerican 
Beet Sugar Assn. and within a month visited 



Washington, supported by a committee of staunch 
adherents to the protective polic.v on sugar. 
There under abnormal difficulties Mr. Farwell 
and Ills associates were instrumental in abetting 
the introduction of the famous Dingley Bill into 
Congress, which after much opposition was final- 
ly signed by President McKinley. Mi-. Farwell's 
activity in behalf of sugar continued unabated, 
and at the time of his decease he was President 
of tlie -American Protective Tariff League. 

Charles Alphonzo Farwell wajs the son of 
Charles A. and Martha Blair Farwell, born in 
New Orleans in November. 1^60. A part of his 
boyhood days were spent at his father's old 
home in Rockland, Maine in the acquirement of 
rudimentary education. He returned to New 
Orleans and completed education through a pri- 
vate school. 

Despite the vast import of his public life, it 
was as a private citizen that Mr. Farwell dis- 
played the most notable characteristics. His 
charity was wide, generous and unobtrusive. As 
a frienil and lienefactor of the Charity Hospital 
he devoted much time during his later years to 
the management of the affairs of that institu- 
tion. Largely through his interest therein, his 
aunt. Jlrs. Deborah Milliken. contributed several 
hundred thousand dollars for the erection of the 
Milliken Memorial Building of Charity Hospital 
which augmented its facilities in such a marked 
degree. Mr. Farwell was a man of culture whose 

(Cujllinui-d on inujc 114) 



99 




CAPTAIN PENDLETON S. MORRIS. 
Business Man, Pliilanthropist. 

GAPTAIN PENDLETON S. MORRIS. Busi- 
ness man. Philanthropist and Idealist, 
whose thirty-six years of activity in all 
matters appertaining to the best development of 
the South have impressed the history of progress 
of the best interests of that section of the 
country in a most vital manner, was born in 
Frankfort, Kentuci<y on December 31st. lsr)S. He 
was the son of H:irry Innis Mori'ls and Ann 
Stewart Morris, native KentucUians. and is l)orn 
of those families who place ideals high in their 
family life. His ancestors, through the paternal 
and also tlie maternal line, were factors of de- 
velopment through colonial and revolutionary 
times to date. Through the matertial line, Mr. 
Morris was decended from the Stewai-ts of 
Virginia, one of whom was a distinguished and 
brave member of Wastiington's army duiing the 
French and Indian wais. Another distinguished 
ancestor, of the maternal line, was t.'omitiodore 
Richard Taylor, first cousin of Col. Richard 
Taylor, father of President Zachary Taylor. 
Througli his father. Mr. Morris was descended 
from the Morris's of Louisa County. Virginia; 
likewise from Judge Harry Innis. a noted .Jurist 
of Kentucky and Virginia, at one time Attorney 
General of the District of Kentucky and until 
his death Judge of the U. S. District Court. 
Authorities estimated Judge Innis the compeer 
of Patrick Henry in eloquence and his superior 



in attainments. The former refused the office of 
Chief Justice of the United States. He married 
Elizabeth Callaway, daughter of Col. James Calla- 
way of Virginia, who fought in the French and 
Indian wars antl was a Colonel in the Revolution- 
ary war. 

Theii- descendant, Capt. Pendleton S. Morris, 
spent a happy youth in his native town of Frank- 
fort, and entered the commercial arena in 18S2 
as an employe of the CM^ess-Carley Oil Company 
in Louisville, Ky. His entire business life was 
devoted to oil interests. He remained with the 
Chess-Carley Comp my until the Standard i )il Co. 
absorbed it, since whicii date he has been an able 
official of the latter concern whose interests he 
represented in Louisiana since September. 1S97. 
(^ai>t. Morris actively partit ijiated in every move- 
ment for the highest civic development of his 
resident community. He was President of the 
Xew Orleans Assn. of Commerce. Vice-Chairman 
of the New Orleans Red Ci-oss and Ch lirman of 
Draft Hoard No. Li. Representing the most ex- 
clusive socially, iie was President of I^ickwick 
Club of New Orleans, a delightful host and an 
especially charming companion to those who en- 
joyed his friendshiji. In church matters he was 
foremost, being a regular attendant at Trinity 
Epis<'Opal Chui<-h and, unlike the multitude, 
practiced his religious beliefs in his daily deal- 
ings with tlie woT'ld. He was never heai"d to 
speak unkindly of anyone, he gave liberally of his 

{Cuntintied on patjc 114) 



100 




WILI.TAM PATRICK BFRKE, 
Business Man. 
^% l \ " H^LIAM PATUrcK BURKE was the 
^ W J eldest son of Nicliolas Burke and Kliza- 
VA/ beth Hanton, and was born in New Dr- 
leans on tlie 14th of January. 1S65. During liis 
early years he attended the i>aroehial schools and 
was later a student at the College of the Ini- 
ma<-ulate Conception from which he graduated in 
ISSl with distinguished iionors, 

Immeiliately after wraduating he entered the 
business world as a cleik of Nicholas Burke 
Conii»any, I..imited, Wholesale Grocers and Im- 
porters. i»f which his father was President. His 
zealous attention to duty, his affability, and his 
sti'ong and noble eharaetei' soon won for him 
promotion, and in l.S!i2 he was m.ade \'ice-Presi- 
dent of tlie firm, a position which he lield until 
bis father's death in litirl. .-since wliich time he has 
been the acting President and Directing (lenius 
of the Institution, although he steadfastly re- 
fused to accept the higher title out of deference 
to his father's memory. 

In .lanuary. liiini Mr. Burke helped to organize 
the Cerman-American S.iyings Bank and Trust 
Companj'. of which lie was ininiediatel.y elected 
President. During his administration the Bank, 
small at first, grew rapidly, and was soon 
reckoned among the most suci-essful institutions 
of its kind in the state. Bater, in .lanuary. i;iI4. 
when this bank merged with the Canal-Bouisiana 
Bank and Trust Conipany and the Germaii-.\iiieri- 
can National Bank, in recognition of his faithful 



services, his sterling honesty. „ ^, business acu- 
men, Mr. Burke was elected Oiairman -f the 
Board of Directors of the new bank, a position 
c.irryiiig with it even more responsibility than 
that of President. 

In mis his sound business methods, strict 
veracit,\', and uncompromising adherence to his 
ideals had won for him a universal, reputation, 
and he was selected as one of the foremost busi- 
ness men of the cit.v to act as a director of the 
Bivertiool tfe London & Globe Insurance Compan.v, 
a widel.\' coveted honor. He was also a director 
of the .Southern Railway .System, and a few years 
earlier had been a director of D. H. Holmes Com- 
pany. Ijiniited. 

[Jesides the more businesslike side of his nature 
he exhibited at all times a most considerate, un- 
sellish and self-sacrificing trend of character which 
knew no limit in the service of his friends, ami 
wiiich made him universally lieloved by all those 
with whom he came into contact. His popularity 
with ills associates is evidenced bj- tlie nunilier 
and i|uality of the clubs and organizations to 
which he belonged. .\nion,g these were the fol- 
lowin.g: President, Club on Wheels; Member of 
the I'.overning Board of the Boston Club; Life 
Member of the Pickwick Club; Meinl>er of the 
Governing Bo.ird of the Audubon CJolf Club: 
Member of the following clubs: Louisiana, i^hess. 
Checkers and Whist, Stratford, and of the South- 
ern Yacht Club. I'ass Christian Yacht Club. New 

(^C :in tinned on laijc 114) 



101 




JOHN NKWTON PHARR, 
Sugar Planter. 

JOHN NEWTON PHARR was born in North 
Carolina of Re\'olutionarv ancestry. March 
IS, 1S39. His father was a cotton planter. 
The family moyed to Tennessee and thence to 
Mississippi, and at the a^e of 20. while living 
in Mississippi, his attention was called to the 
Louisiana paper shell pecan, and upon inquiry 
he learned that they were grown on Bayou Teche. 
He was told also that tlie Teche country pro- 
duced niar\'elous crops, and resolved at once "to 
spy out the land." He arrived in St. Mary's 
Parish in ISIjO, and immediately set to work with 
his extraordinary energy and ability, and at the 
outbreak of tlie war was the owner of a con- 
siderable amount of property and a number of 
slaves. He served throughout the period of the 
war as a Confederate soldier and started afresh 
at its close to rebuild his fortunes. He became 
interested in sugar plantations, steamboats, tim- 
ber lands, and saw mills, and at the time of 
his death he was the largest individual owner 
of sugar properties in the State. Mr. Pharr was 
a man of unusual force of character, and his 
name was synonymous with integrity and honor, 
and his word was his bond. In 1S6S he married 
Miss Henriette Andrns of Opelousas and there- 
after became associated with the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, the Sunday School and the 
cause of proliibition. Three sons, John Andrus, 
Henry Newton and Eugene Albertus, are the 
present representatives of the family in Louisi- 
ana, holding intact, and operating, and year by 



loa 



year adding to the estate. In 1S96. two years 
after the first Wilson bill, the sugar planters 
in Louisiana, acting almost as a unit, went over 
to the Republican party, calling themselves tlie 
"Lily Whites." John Newton Pharr became the 
unwilling standard bearer in the gubernatorial 
nomination, and. as the records of that date will 
amply testify, he was elected t^overnor bv an 
overwhelming majority of the white voters." The 
following is taken from an editorial of the 
Times-Democrat of that year, which paper op- 
po.sed his candidacy: "It must be admitted 
that Mr. Pharr carried twenty of tlie twenty- 
tive white parishes in the State, while his Demo- 
cratic opponent carried the remaining tive white 
parishes and all of the so-called black parishes, 
having negro majorities." 

The political machinery of the State at the 
time was in the hands of the Democratic party, 
and Mr. Pharr was counted out. There was 
however, a lively contest at Baton Rouge which 
might easily have resulted in civil strife Mr 
Pharr agreed to withdraw only after tlie leaders 
of the Democratic party pledged themselves to 
a Constitutional Convention bv which means the 
negro vote was to be elminated from political 
contest.s m future. This convention followed in 
1898, since which time the negro vote has 
ceased to be a factor in the State. 

John Newton Pharr died at his home on 
■I'airview Plantation," in St. Mary Parish, on 
Nov. 21, 1903, honored and loved bv the com- 
munity, where he had dwelt more than half a 
century, leaving a record in public, business and 
private life, an honor to his family 




PHILIP WERLEIN. 

Buslntss Jlan, Merchant, Man of Affairs. 

CHILIP WEKLEIN, naliniially known as one of Louisiana's ablest men, was 
born in New Orleans on ,lune 5th. ISTS, the son of Pliilip and Betty (Parhaml 
^Verlein. With the completion of acquirement of education. Mr. Werlein 
returned to New Orleans to associate with tlie business known as "Pliilip 
Werlein," founded by his Grandfather, one of the oldest houses in the United 
States engaged in the sale of pianos, musical instruments and music, of which 
business he became the Head and Chief Executive. Under his direction the firm 
of "Philip Werlein" continued its growth and expansion in a remarkable manner. 
Mr. Werlein. in addition, was one of the most active men in the community in 
behalf of public betterment. He served for three terms as President of the 
New Orleans Progressive Union, and was a determinate factor in promoting every 
movement having the grow-th and development of New Orleans as its object. 
He was Sub-Treasurer of the United Slates, but accepted only as a party measure 
.so as to permit the then encumbent to assume another important post. He was 
Vice-chairman of Democratic State Central Committee and President of the 
Election of Supervisors of Orleans Parish. In the piano industry he enjoyed the 
best esteem of its leaders, and was President of the National Association of 
Piano Merchants. His acquaintance with artists and musicians was world-wide, 
most of whom esteemed Mr. Werlein as a warm personal friend, and his death 
on February 22, 191 7, bereaved New Orleans particularly and a world-wide circle 
generally of one of its most beneficent and valuable influences. 



103 




WASHINGTON G. BOYL.AN. 
Business Man. 

-^»r\ ASHINGTON G. BOYLAN, Protector of 
^^1 Public Safety: Soldier: Business Man. 
\^/ I'robably few men in this generation 
have been as familiar with the applied art of 
burglary, or knew how to deal more effectively 
with its instigators than the late W.ishington 
G. Boylan, whose activities as guardian of public 
safety extended over a half century. Absolutely 
fearless, with a mind keenly alert to tlie dis- 
guises of danger and quick to detect its per- 
petrators, he was the terror of that i>irt of the 
world engaged in destroying its fellowmen and 
their property. Mr. Boylan"s activities as a de- 
fender of mankind began with his admission to 
the Thirteenth Louisiana Volunteers as a private, 
at the outbreak of the Civil War. At the close 
of the war he had attained to the rank of captain. 
In 1S7T, during the turmoil between the Jleti-o- 
politans and the State Suin-eme t.'ourt. Capt. 
Boylan with the late Ben J. Onorato. under ap- 
pointment of the then civil sheriff. Thomis H. 
Handy, deterred Major Loan, Capt. Gray and 
eight or ten uniformed officers, acting under 
orders from Judge I..udeling. from taking jfosses- 
sion of the premises and held sani*- until the in- 
stallation into office of the Xicholls Court headed 
by Chief Justice Manning had been successfully 



accomplished. Later, for 20 years. Mr. Boylan 
engaged in the peaceful pursuit of weigher for 
Port of New Orleans, but resigned that office 
to become again active in defense work under 
the institutional name of Boylan's Detective 
Agency and Protection Police. This organization 
gained permanent fame for its work as a pro- 
tector of individuals and properties. For 32 
years Capt. Boylan directed the operations of the 
pi-otective police who guarded the banks of New 
Orleans. His men were on duty day and night. 
In addition to its bank corps, the Boylan com- 
patiy operated an efficient detective system. 
Through that department they have brought 
many notable criminals to justice, including W. 
Thomas .Smith and Jas. W. Harper, officials of 
the First National Bank of Hattiesburg who 
were trailed from Hattiesburg. Miss., to Van- 
couver, B. C, and finally captured at Seattle. 
Wash. They also detected and exposed the opera- 
tiiMis of many forgers. They made the world 
s.ife only foi- men whose activities could endure 
the glai-e of rigid investigation and freedom from 
all crookedness. Mr. l^oylan was born in New 
()rleans where he lived all his life. He was a 
giaduate of Spring Hill College of Mobile. He 
married Miss Ogiana E. Westerfield. Their 



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107 



CHARLES DICKEXS MOXTGOMKRY. 

{Coiilinutd frum page 79) 

Subsecjuentb' he remo\-etJ to New Orleans, where he is 
Agency Manager for the same concern. Mr. Montgom- 
ery niarried Miss Alice Hicks, of Greenwood. Missis- 
sippi. Their three children are John Hicl<s. Charles 
Dickens and Frances Monti^omery. Mr. \rontgomery 
is a member of Chicago and Xew Orleans Press Clubs, 
and belongs to the Masonic orders. 



GEORGE SHALL KAUSLER. 

{Continued from pat/e 71) 
1905, Air. Kausler assumed entire ownership and con- 
trol of the latter business which, under tlu. firm name 
of Geo. S. Kausler, I>td.. of which Mi\ Kausler is 
President, is an important factor in Southern insurance 
circles. Mr. Kausler married Miss Wilhelmina Hall- 
w'ede. There are no cliildren. He is a member of New 
Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, Boston, New 
Orleans Country, Southern Vacht and various other 
clubs and Carnival associations. He was Commis- 
sioner of Shakspeare Almshouse under the Shakspeare 
administration, and with rank of Colonel has served 
on staffs of the various governors, including Murphy 
J. Foster and W. W. Heard. He is also a member of 
the Motor League of Louisiana. 



ABRAHAM BRITTIN. 

(Continued from page 71) 
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange for thirty-nine years, 
was elected President three times, and later as hon- 
orary member. In May, ISSS, he was elected on the 
Young Men's Democratic ticket to membership in the 
City Council, during which service the Mayor ap- 
pointed him Chairman of the Budget Committee and 
member of the Finance Committee. In 1^96 he was 
elected on the Citizens' League ticket as a member of 
the City Council, of which body he was elected Presi- 
dent. During his term of office as acting Mayor, lie 
supplied the city with the plans for its splendid system 
of water supply and sewerage facilities. In 1900 he 
was made Vice-President of the Board of Liquidation 
of City Debt. He is a member of the Board of Direc- 
lors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New 
York: President Board of Trustees of Howard Memorial 
Lilirary; member Board of Directors of Hibernia Bank 
& Trust Co.; member Board of Trustees of Tulane- 
Newcomb University. Mr. Brittin is prominent socially, 
and a member of a number of clubs of prestige. 



JOSEPH H. DE GRANGE. 

fC.jntinued front itatje 71) 
present is the Secretary of the New Orleans Railway 
and Light Company. 

Is a member of the Country Club, Pickwick Club, 
Young Men's Gymnastic Club, and life honorary mem- 
ber of the Chess and Southern Yacht Clubs and various 
Carnival organizations, and the Shakspeare Club. Presi- 
dent of the Jo\'ian League. Js a veteran of the Wash- 
ington Artillerj- Civil War service. Vice-President of 
the Public Libraries, a member of the Sewerage and 
Water Board. Was President of the Board of Fire 
Commissioners when the paid Fire Department was 
organized. Served in the Legislature of the state and 
took an active part in all public movements that bene- 
fited the city and state. Is now a widower. Had six 
children; five now living; all married and all occupy 
good social, professional and business positions. He 
has six grandsons in the service of the country in tlie 
navy and in the army. Three were "over there" some- 
where doing their duty. Took active Interest in the 
Doll and Toy Fund of the Times-Picayune, believing it 
did a great deal of good. 



GEORGE J. TRAUTH. 

(Continued from page 85) 
for American Cotton Oil Co. He was later for a time 
with Crescent Mill in the same capacity. He next 
acted as engineer for the Industrial Cotton Oil Co. of 
Denison, Texas, which office he resigned to become 
general foreman for the American Cotton Oil Co. He 
was the first Justice of tlie Peace for the parish of 
Jefferson elected by the people in April, 1916. He 
belongs to David Crocket Steam Fire Company, the 
oldest in the state, and is a member of Elks* Lodge 
No. 30; Martin Behrman Maccabee Tent IS. Algiers, 
La.; and Druids' Cypress Camp No. 47, of Gretna. He 
married Miss Theresa Navarre on February 11. 1911, 
in Gretna. Their two children are Leycester Louis 
Remain Trautli and George J. Trauth, Jr. 



GEORGE LONG, 

(Continued from page 85) 
moted to the office of Captain. He served as Captain 
for three years, and was then appointed Chief of Detec- 
tives on February 11. 1911, in which office he has 
served with great success. Captain Long is a member 
of the Young Men's Gymnastic Club and also of the 
Masonic orders. He is one of the best known charac- 
ters acti\'e in New Orleans' public life. 



MURPHY J. FOSTER. 

(Continued from page 77) 
served two terms. In 1901 he nas sent to the United 
States Senate, and re-elected thereto in 1907. He served 
in the United States Senate for twelve years. In 191-;, 
Mr. Foster was appointed Collector of Port of Orleans, 
and is now serving the people of his native state in 
that capacity. 



DR. VALENTINE KING IRION. 

(Continued from page 77) 
tice of his profession in Opelousas, Louisiana, in ISSS, 
and tliough the demands on his time were drastic, he 
found opportunity to devote s.onie of liis energy to 
pulilic service, and from 1S89 until 1892 he served the 
parish of St. Landry as Superintendent of Public Edu- 
cation. In 1S92 he became a member of the Board of 
Administrators of the State Normal at Natchitoches, 
and remained until 1S9S. In 1837, on account of the 
.greater facilities proffered by New Orleans, Dr. Iricn 
removed there, where he has since risen to acknowl- 
edged eminence as one of the leading dental surgeons 
of the citv and state. He continues active in public 
service, and is a member of the State Board of Public 
Utilities. In 1906 he became also Secretary-Treasurer 
of Louisiana State Board of Dentistry. Dr. Irion mar- 
ried Miss Helen Lastrapes. of Opelousas. Louisiana. 
They have four children: Marv Caroline. Alfred King, 
Alice and Albert Moore Irion. The latter died in 1914, 
at the age of fifteen years. Their eldest son, Alfred 
King, entered Second Officers' Training School, Oc- 
tober 14, 1917. Shortly thereafter he joined the avia- 
tion branch of the service and went through Kelly 
Field School of Aviation. He is now stationed at the 
University nf Wisconsin as Military Instructor. Dr. 
Irion is a member of State Dental Association, member 
of Louisiana Society of Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion, and member of Alumni Association of Louisiana 
State University. He was appointed Examiner for 
the Dental Reserve Corps of the United States Army, 
and is serving in that office at this time. 



DUNCAN BUIE. 

(Continued from page 73) 
where, up to a few years ago, their value was unrecog- 
nized and unappreciated. Upon good roads depend the 
prosperity of a state, because they are a factor in pro- 
moting agriculture and enterprise, and are, now tliat 
the country is at war, "doing their bit" by relieving 
railroad congestion. With Mr. Buie at the head of the 
State Highway Department. Louisiana roaJs, wherever 
improvements have been made, ha\'e been recognized 
as the best roads of their type in the country, and the 
system of roads, as outlined for the state, will event- 
ually form a network of good roads connecting every 
parisii seat and country in the state. 

Louisiana, witli its limited funds for road construc- 
tion, has easily out-distanced some of her sister states. 
Tliis is due partially to her wonderful resources in 
natural gravel, shell and other good road material, and 
because in every instance of construction consideration 
has not been given to the cheapest type but to the 
most economical and durable, based on sound engineer- 
ing principles. 

Mr. Buie was selected for this position because of 
b.is years of practical experience, and he has proven 
that he is the right man in the riglit place He goes 
about his work in n quiet, unobtrusive manner, to 
demonstrate his qualifications and direct the affairs of 
his office. 

The highway department has constructed to date 
6.">8.82 iniles of highways; there are 279. 9S under con- 
struction, and IDS miles will be constructed in the 
near future. 



MICHAEL C. SINS. 

(Continued from page S6) 
for the J. & W. Steele Company, but since 1916 has 
conducted his present business, which is a valued fac- 
tor in the city's commerce. Mr. Sins is a member of 
the Southern Yacht, Elks, and New Orleans Press 
Clubs, and belongs also to Old Colony Club. 



108 



BENEDICT MORET GRUNEWALD. 

(Vontinurd from paye 76) 

Benedict Moret Grunewald is L!ie only son of the 
late \\\ N. Grunewald, a prominent Imsinet^s man and 
former head of the well-known tirrn of which the son 
is now Vice-President and Manager. The latter suc- 
ceeded his father in the management of the large busi- 
ness, despite his youthful years, and is demonstrating 
his ability to manage the establishment in the most 
approved and successful manner. Mr. Grunewald is 
said to be one of tlie best informed men in tlie piano 
bu.siness tlirougliout the entii'e country. On November 
3, 1912. Mr. Grunewald married Miss Jane Louise Cor- 
dill. Their two children are Jane Louise and Marion 
Cordill Grunewald. Mr. and Mrs. Grunewald are active 
factors in the social life of New Orleans. Mr. Grune- 
wald is a member of Boston, Rotary, Country and 
Delta Duck Clubs. He also belongs to Soutliern Yacht 
Club. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner. 



MARK LEIGH ALEXANDER. 

{Continued from page 79) 

being a traveling salesman for many years for some of 
the largest hardware houses in the South. Engaged in 
the real estate and insurance business at Alexandria 
in general exploitation work and Secretary of the 
Chamber of Commerce of that city. He is a member 
of the New Orleans Association of Conimei'oe: Benevo- 
lent and Protective Order of Elks: Chess. Checkers and 
Whist Club; the Press Club; the Round Table Club; 
the .Southern Yacht Club, and the Audubon Golf Club. 
Member of the National Geographic Society; Louisiana 
Historical Society; Vice-President of the American 
Fisheries Society; President of the International Asso- 
ciation of Game and Fisli Commissioners: member 
Federal Advisory Board for the Protection of Migratory 
Game; is Commissioner of Conservation. Department 
of Conservation, State of Louisiana. He was married 
on June 12, 1888, at Alexandria, La., to Miss Nellie 
lyuckett, daughter of Dr. Robt. L. Luckett of Rapides 
Parish, Louisiana. Has three children: Misses Ethel 
and Constance, and Mark Leigli, Jr. 



LESTER F. ALEXANDER. 

{Continued from page 76) 

work in Havana. After returning from Cuba in 1902, 
he engaged in river and harbor work for the United 
States Engineers' Department until 1909. For one 
year he was then general superintendent for the firm 
of Chi'istie iS: Low, Civil Engineers and Contractors, 
since which date he lias engaged in business individ- 
ually and lias become one of the best known of New 
Orleans' engineers and contractors. Office, 834 Audu- 
bon building. Mr. Alexander belongs to the Chess, 
Checkers and Whist Club, Southern Yacht Club, Elks, 
Woodmen of the World, and Louisiana Engineering 
Society; also the Country Club of Cleburne, Texas. 



EDWARD ALEXANDER PARSONS. 

{Continued from page 7G) 

Boys' High School in Canal Street. As a traveler he has 
visited the great places, as well as many of the quaint 
and little known sites, of historic and artistic interest, 
in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. As a lecturer on 
EgyiJt, Gieece, Rome, and the Near East, he has ap- 
peared before universities, learned societies and chau- 
tauQuas; lias photographed the v/orld's noted scenes 
from Sitka to Asstian, and has collected material from 
many places to be used in tills work. As a student 
of art and letters, he delivered the tercentennary ad- 
dress on tile occasion of the Shakespeare Tercentennary, 
celebrated in New Orleans, at the Tulane Theater, in 
1916. Among other notable occasions may be men- 
tioned the Golden Jubilee address (St. Simeon's School); 
English as a World Literature; The Spirit of Italy (on 
the tliird anniversary of Italy's entrance in the war), 
etc. Mr. Parsons is a bibliophile, and has collected 
one of the most \'alu.able libraries of art and anticiuity 
in the country. He has been prominent in all war 
activities; was the leader of the Fourteenth Ward in 
the War Savings Stamp camiiaign; a Four Minute man; 
member of the Finance Brigade, Legal Advisory Board, 
etc. His law offices are in the Whitney-Central Bank 
building. 



REV. FATHER JOHN FRANCIS PRIM. 

{Continued from page 77) 

of Carrollton Church in 1S98, he has developed into 
one of the most important congregations of the city 
what formerly was a few scattered luke-warm profes- 
sors of the Catholic faith. He builds missions, erects 
churches, ameliorates the conditions of the unfortunate, 
especially interested in the development of Catholic 
youth, and works for the general good of tlie com- 
munity witli a boundless entliusiasm. One of the most 
determinate factors for progress, in religion and civic 
life, active in the city. 



FREDERICK W. MATTHEWS. 

{Continued from page 79) 

Low, resident manager, remaining in the company's 
employ for a period of one year — 1891 to 1892. From 
1^92 to 1S98 he was salesman for !•■. F. Hansell & Bro. 

Returning from the Spanish American War to civilian 
life he was made bookkeeper for the Gulf Bag Com- 
pany, branch of the Bemis Bag Company. In 1901 he 
was made general bookkeeper and auditor for Finlay, 
Dicks & Co., Ltd. He continued in that position until 
19i:i, when the Board of Administrators of the Charity 
Hospital elected him secretary and treasurer of the 
Charity Hospital of Louisiana. He has filled that posi- 
tion ever since. 

An advocate of early military training for the young 
manhood of America, he served eight years, 1S90 to 
1898, in the State Militia. He was a private in the 
Southern Athletic Battalion, Company B, under Cap- 
tain T. A. Marshall. Later he was sergeant and then 
first lieutenant of Company B, Fourth Battalion, Louisi- 
ana State National Guard, under Captain Myles S. 
Waterman. From this he went into the Second Louisi- 
ana Regiment of Infantry, as captain of Company E, 
serving under Colonel Elmer E. \\'ood, commanding. 
This regiment was attached to the Seventh Army Corps, 
under General Fitzhugh Lee, commanding. He "married 
Miss Myra-Kate Moncure, of Crystal Springs, Miss , 
and has three children, as follows: Miss Myra Mon- 
cure Matthews, Frederick Warner Matthews, Jr., and 
Susan Fitzhugh Matthews. Clubs: Louisiana Lodge 
No. 102, Free and Accepted Masons: New Orleans 
Lodge No. 30, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 
and the I'nited Spanish V/ar Veterans. Hayden Y 
Grubb Camp No. 3. Politics: Democrat. Creed- Epis- 
copalian--member of Trinity Church. Residence ad- 
dress: 2330 Octavia street. 



CHARLES HENRY BEHRE. 

(Continued from page 77) 

likewise the Pelican Cold Storage & Warehousing Co , 
and the LaGraiige Ice & Fuel Co.. all of which concerns 
are vital factors in the commercial life of New 
Orleans and Georgia. Mr. Behre was one of the organ- 
izers of the Child's Welfare Association, of which he 
1.S a Vice-President. He works assiduously in behalf 
of the Association of Commerce. He is President of 
the New Orleans Ice Exchange; President of Louisiana 
Ice Manufacturers' Association, and member of the 
Executive Committee of National Association of Ice 
Industries. He was born in Charleston. S. C and is 
the son of Charles H. and Marv Behre. He attended 
high school in America, and spent two and a half years 
in Germany, completing his education. He married 
Mi.ss Emehe S. Behre on April 19, 1883, and their five 
children are. Edwine, Ellinor, Theodore. Edna and 
Charles H. Behre, Jr. Mr. Behre is a member of the 
Peters Avenue Commission, and one of New Orleans' 
forceful business men. He belongs to the Round Table 
Press and Country Clubs. 



WILLIAM PENNELL ROSS. 

{Continued from page 72) 

operators of a steamship business in America, and his 
affiliation with that business has brought it to a high 
state of development and operation. Mr. Itoss was 
for ten years a member of the public Belt Railroad 
Commission, and has always contributed ably to promo- 
tion of all public movements that in his opinion tended 
to a greater progress of the city. He married Miss 
Clara Jane Keen. Their son is James A. Ross, 
prominent in local insurance circles. Jlr. Ross belongs 
to Round Table Club, and in the sunset of a well- 
spent life is enjoying the fruits of success and affluence 
won honorably in honorable contest with other men. 



SAMUEL A. TRUFANT. 

{Continued from page 71) 

Later he became cashier of Citizens Bank of Louisiana, 
where he remained for twelve years. Recently began 
operations as a stock and bond broker, in which he Is 
successfully engaged to date. Mr. Trufant married 
Miss Bertha Alice Todd on February 21, 1SS7. Their 
two children are Sallie Hyams Trufant, now Mrs. Henry 
Burguieres: and Samuel A. Trufant. Jr., a lawyer. Mr. 
Trufant is one of New Orleans' well known business 
men belongs to Boston Club, is a member of the Stock 
Exchange, and prominent in social and churrh activities. 



109 



DAN W. FEITEL. 

(Continued from pat/i' S4) 

of the larsest businesses of its kind in the TTnited 
States. His factory covers 78,000 square feet of 
Erround. is eciuipped with the latest and most modern 
appliances of operation, including electric cranes, trav- 
eling: con\'eyors, baling- presses, automatic sprinklers, 
and other labor-savingr and life and property-protecting 
devices. Tliere are lOS se\vin,£f machines fi-i* mendinc 
second-hand bass. Me employs about 230 [leople, and 
the enormity and immense extent of the business tes- 
tify ably to the fact that Mr. Feitel is an organizer, 
a master biiilder and an o]3timist. In No\-ember. 190c. 
Mr. Feitel married Miss Rebecca Srerlin.?. of New Or- 
leans, and three children have been born of their union, 
being Estelle. Jeanne and Doris Feitel. 



CHAHLES ERNST WERMUTH. 

(C'tnllnui'il from paf/r 74) 

office of Auditor of the Southern Pacific Company, 
.Atlantic System. He severed that connection in 1904. 
and opened an ofiiice in New Orleans for practice as a 
puijiic accountant, in which profession he is most emi- 
nently successful today. In September. 190i'. Mr. Wer- 
muth was elected President of Louisiana State Board 
of Accountants. He married Miss Marie Asnes Pichet. 
and they have one child, a daughter, who is now Jlrs. 
Mai-ie Louise Shibley. In May. 1917, Mr. ^Yermuth 
was appointed to serve as Division Auditor for the 
United States War Department, in charge of canton- 
ment construction, w-hich office he discharged with 
distinguished success until .lauuary, lais. He is one 
of New Orleans' best kno-nn men in the accounting 
\v(U'Id. 



O. M. SAMUEL. 

(Continued from pape 84) 

the lar.ge demolition contracts in New Orleans and 
vicinity for the past several years, being the largest 
concern of the kind in the South, while the American 
C.\'press Tank Company ships its cisterns and tanks 
to the various parts of the Southern states and to Cen- 
tral and South America. Mr. Samuel has refrained 
from commentin.g about his personal side, as he feels 
that a mans work is duly representative of his import 
in a community. 



PHILIP .1. SCHOEN, SR. 

(Continued from pai/e 84) 

Mr. Schoen is one of the well-known men engaged in 
the undertakin.g and embalming business in New Or- 
leans. He is a memljer of various fraternal and benevo- 
lent organizations, as also of numerous undertakers' 
associations, and director of prominent enterprises. He 
was appointed a member of Local Board of Division No. 
7, acting for the War Department, of the Eiglith Ward, 
of which board he acts as clerk. 



HENRY C. RAMOS. 

(Continued frcm pai/e S4) 

obtainable labor. He is a member of Southern Yacht 
Olub. George Washington Lodge No. 65. F. & A. M.. 
member of Louisiana Council No. 3, R. & S. M.. mem- 
ber of Orleans Delta Chapter No. 1. R. A. M.. member 
Knights Templar and Shriners. He is a life member 
of Elks' Lodge No. 30. Mr. Ramos maintains residences 
in New Orleans and Covin.gton, La. 



JOHN H. OVERTON. 

(Continued from paf/e 83) 

prominent legal combinations in the state, known as 
the firm of Blackman, r)verton and Dawkins. Mr. 
Overton married IVIiss Ruth Dismukes, of Natchitoches, 
and their four children are Katharine, Rutli, Mary 
Elizabeth and John H., Jr. 



ROBERT JULIUS BARR. 

(Continued from i)a(/e 74) 

he retained until 1S76. In 18S2 Mr. Barr associated 
with the Q. & C. Railroad, and for the following five 
years continued witli them. In 188S Mr. P.arr branched 
out into business for himself, confining his operations 
to exporting grain to Europe, in which he has achieved 
succes.s. and is today one of tlie notable operators in 
the grain trade of the South. Mr. Barr married Miss 
Ellen Bradley, of Alabama, in lS7o. There have been 
live sons and four daughters horn to Mr. and Mrs. 
Barr. Surviving are: R. J.. Jr., James W., Norman D.. 
C. LeRoy, Miss Claudie Barr and Mrs. J. R. Wester- 
field. Jr. Mr. Barr is eminently respected for his dis- 
criminating intellect, and a charming courtesy that 
renders him conspicuous in any assembly. 



.lOS. R. CABRERA. 

(Continued from poije 74) 

the Cuban .government, with headquarters in New Or- 
leans, where he is a delightful participant in the public 
and social life of the city. He is a member of Yacht 
and Country Clubs of Havana, and Press and Surf Clubs. 
New Orleans. Also New Orleans Opera Association and 
Louisiana Motor League. 



CHARLES F, GELBKE. 

(Continued from page 70) 

Gretna in every way. He organized tlie Gretna Ex- 
i-hange & Savings Bank, of which he was President 
until lie resigned to accept his present office as Mayor. 
Charles F. Gelbke is the son of Louis C. and Mary 
Lanier Gelbke. He was born in Tangipatioa. Louisi- 
ana, on October 11. 1878. He attended Gretna and 
New Orleans public and high schools, graduating from 
the latter in 1896. He graduated from Tulane Medical 
College in 1900. Dr. Gelbke is one of the prominent 
members of Masons. Elks, Druids, Moose and Macca- 
lices. and always in the lead where betterment for 
Gretna. New Orleans and Louisiana is to be accom- 
idished. 



ALBERT JOSEPH BUJA. 

(Contijiued from pat/e 83) 

French lines of steamships. Governor Pleasant ap- 
pointed him member of Public Utilities Board. He 
married Miss Mamie Winn. They liave one daughter. 
Miss Flora Marie Bu.ia. Mr. Buja is a Mason. Shriner, 
member of B. P. O. E., Eagles. Woodmen of the World. 
Druids, Moose, and various other popular societies, fra- 
ternities and clubs. He is also President Schumert- 
Warfield-Buja, Inc., Printers, Stationers, 417-422 Camp 
street. 



Jl'LES J. DRAWE. 

(Continued from page 79) 

Illinois, on June 8, 1856, but has lived practically all 
bis life in New Orleans, where he .graduated from the 
local ijublic scliools. Later he graduated from Yonkers 
t^ollege. in New York. He married Miss Edith Iianiel, 
daughter of Hiram Daniel, in 1910, after the demise 
of his first wife, who was Miss Catherine Shannon, 
whom he married in 1881. Senator Drawe is a member 
of Masonic orders and belongs to New Orleans Press 
Club. 



JOHN LEWIS DANTZLER. 

(Continued from pai/e 74) 
lumber and paper. His long connection with these 
latter lines has established him as one of the fore- 
most men of the lumber industry in this section. He 
is President of tlie Standard Export Lumber Company. 
Mr. Dantzler was bereft of his wife through death. 
There are two children, a daughter, Eran Dantzler, 
and a son. A. M. Dantzler. Mr. Dantzler is a member 
of the Boston. Pickwick, Country. Yacht and Press 
Clubs, and belongs to Masons and Shriners, 



WILLI.-VM CHARLES McLEOD. 

(Continued from page SI) 

immediately after leaving college and has steadily 
attained success as a member of the legal profession. 
Mr. McLeod was married to Elizabeth Fentress, of 
Memphis, Tenn., December 4. 1895, and they have three 
children, who are: Kenneth (second lieutenant. Coast 
.\rtillery, and graduate of Tulane Uni\'ersity, class of 
191s ): Mar.garet. student Sophie Newcomb College, New 
Orleans, and Elizabeth, at Newman, Mass.. Training 
School. Mr. MoI.,eod en.ioys a wide acquaintance in 
New Orleans, and is a member of the Chess, L^niversity 
anil Round T.ible Clubs. 



110 



ALBKRT WARREN WHITEMAN. 
(Continued from page 75) 

his brother, under the firm name of Whiteman Bros., 
and under tliis style is oi»eT-atinfi one ot the most suc- 
cessfui towing^ and contracting undertaltings in tliis 
section. Mr. ^Vliiteman niai'ried Miss Netta Louisa 
Davis, of A.scension Parish, on June 27, 1900. Tlieir 
Iionie lias been blessed witlt seven cliildren, who are: 
Aline, Irnia, M'arren, \\'illie Poi-ter, liul^y May, Edwin 
W. and Stark I). Whitenuui. Capt. Wliiteman is a 
member of Elks' Club, and litlongs to tlie Masons. 



WILLIAM BLAIR LANCASTER. 

(Continued from par/e 81) 

owned real estate, which have made him famous 
tliroughout this section, and liave materially advanced 
the development of St. Tammany Parisli. He adver- 
tised Mandeville and Abita Springs so extensively as 
to interest a g:reat influx of new population. He or- 
f?anized a popular-priced boat service on Lake Pont- 
chartrain between New Orleans and Mandeville, that 
gave a much-needed convenience to an appreciative 
populace. He is a member of the New Orleans Real 
Estate Board, New Orleans Association of Commerce, 
New Orleans I'ress Club and the Old Colony Club. In 
politics he is a radical Democrat. 



PAUL H. MAI.ONEY. 

(Continued from paije 81) 

the sole owner of the business wliich is one of the 
suVistantial concerns of New Orleans. Mr. Maloney's 
initiative cra\'ed otiier methods of expi'ession, and lie 
founded the Office Toilet and Towel Supply Company 
in J90.^>. It was at that time a i>ioneer concern for 
the character of business it specializes in, and filled 
a long-felt want in the business community. Mr. 
Maloney's activity in building the communiiy has not 
been limited entirely to commercial pursuits. During 
1912-1914 he served as a member of the State Legisla- 
ture; he was a delegate to the Constitutional Conven- 
tion in 1914, which failed to convene, and in various 
ways Mr. Maloney contributes to betterment of politics 
in his native city. He is an active member of tlie As- 
sociation of Commerce and Rotary Club. He also is 
a thirty-second degree Mason, and belongs to Cliess. 
Checkers and Whist, and Clioctaw Cluhs. He is Presi- 
dent of tlie Team Owners' Bureau of Ti'ansportation, 
and interested in the progress of New Orleans along the 
best avenues of improvement. 



WILLIAM LYLE RICHESON. 
(Continued from pat/e 80) 

inspector of New Orleans Board of Trade, Ltd., retain- 
ing that office until 1917. Since tiiat date he has acted 
as Manager of the Wheat E.xport Co., Inc.. representing 
the allied governments' buyers of foodstuffs, and is 
ably "doing his bit" to win the war. Mr. Richeson 
was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 22, 1869. 
He is the son of Jesse Douglas Richeson and Caroline 
Lyle Richeson. He finished grammar schol in 1883. 
He married Miss Lucia Anna Rickert. of New Orleans, 
on November 28, 1900. and their three sons are William 
Lyle Richeson, Jr., Lacy Douglas Richeson, and Edward 
Rickert Richeson. Mr. Richeson is a member of Pick- 
wick, Southern Yacht, New Orleans Coiintry Clubs, 
Motor League of Louisiana, Carnival organizations. New 
Orleans Board of Trade. New Orleans Association of 
Commerce, Louisiana Lodge No. 102, F. & A. M., Grand 
Consistory of Louisiana, Jerusalem Temple A. A. O. N. 
M. S. of New Orleans. 



CHARLES A. STAIR. 

(Continued from patie 80) 

sponsibility and trust, culminating in his present im- 
portant office of General Manager for the Cumberland 
Company for the states of I^ouisiana and Mississippi, 
with headquarters in New Orleans. Mr Stair is a 
nati\'e of Km^xville. Tennessee, where he was born on 
June 19, 1S79, His education was acquired through 
attendance on the public and high schools of Tennes- 
see and Kentucky. On December 7. 1910. he married 
Miss Eva Monogue, of Memphis, Tenn. Mr and Mrs. 
Stair have two daughters. Mr. Stair is a member of 
Chess, Checkers and Whist Club. Country Club. South- 
ern Yacht Club and Press Club of New Orleans. 



RICHARD McCarthy-, jr. 

(Continued from page 81) 

City Hall Annex and Camp Shelby. Mr. McCarthy is 
a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 70, F. and A. M., Grand 
Consistory of Louisiana. Mystic Shrine. B. P. O. Elks. 
Lodge No. :-iO; Southern Y'acht Club and otlier social 
and fraternal organizations. He was recently appointed 
by Governor Pleasant as a member of the State Board 
of Charities and Corrections. 



HANS' A. M. JACOBSEN. 

(Continued from page 86) 

ployment Service, State of Louisiana, being a promotion 
from Civil Service. He was also appointed State Direc- 
tor of the U. S. Public Service Reserve for the State of 
Louisiana on July 16, 1918. Mr. Jacobsen married Miss 
Florence L. McGarry, and their one child is a son, Hans 
A, M. Jacobsen, Jr. 



JOSEPH P. HENICAN. 

(Continued from page 72) 

Miss Alice Boning, and their two children are Joseph 
P. Henican, Jr., and Caswell Ellis Henican. Mr. 
Henican was appointed Vice-President and Member 
Board of Administrators of Charity Hospital by 
Governor Pleasant. He is also a member of Boston, 
New Orleans Country Clubs. Louisiana Motor League, 
B. P. O. E., K. of C. and Southern Yacht Club. 



ALLEN TUPPER. 

(Continued from page 73) 

family removed to Louisiana in 1866. He attended 
private schools and the University High School in 
1875. Mr. Tupper entered the co'umercial world as 
cashier and bookkeeper for J. O. Terry & Sons, was 
temporarily associated with the timber and sawmill 
interests, and afterwards affiliated with the Barber 
Asphalt Paving Co. In 1886 he was a member of the 
firm of Tupper Bros. Since 1891 to date he has been 
successfully engaged in business for his own account. 
Mr, Tupper was a member of Company K, Second 
Louisiana Regiment, under Colonel Bowling, serving 
in 1877 when Governor Nicholls was put in office; he 
served three years witli that regiment. He was Vice- 
President of the Eleventh Ward Anti-Lottery Club, 
and member of the M. D. Club in 1888, and of the 
Citizens' I-eague in 1S96. Governor Foster appointed 
him a trustee of Southern University during 189.3-1898. 
He was Vice-President of tlie Contractors' and Dealers' 
Exchange in 1915. Mr. Tupper married Miss Mary 
Whitewell Ballard. Tiiey liave no children He is a 
member of the Association of Commerce, of the Boston. 
New Orleans Country, Yacht and New Oi-leans Press 
Clubs, and one of the best known among the business 
men of New Orleans. 



CHARLES B. THORN. 

(Continued from page 72) 

direction, has attained affluent eminence, I'ecently retir- 
ing from tlie cotton business to accept an active \'ice- 
presidency of the Interstate Trust .& Banking Company, 
witli which institution he has long been identified as 
a director. Mr. Thorn's fine work in behalf of the 
local council of the Boy Scouts of America has brought 
him most endearin,gly before the public He is Presi- 
dent of the New Orleans Council, and an enthusiast in 
directing the work. Mr. Thorn is a prominent member 
of the Boston Cluti. He was the first Vice-President of 
the New Orleans Country (.'lub, whicli office he retains. 
He is one oi^ the city's \irile promoters of iirogress and 
growtli, who enjoys the high esteem of the com- 
munity. 



JOHN DAVID O'KEEFK. 
(Continued from page 75) 

der the direction of Prof. A. S. Lesche. Upon leaving 
school, Mr. O'Keefe affiliated with the United States 
Engineers' Corps, but later entered the commercial 
world. His success has been I'emarkable, and he is 
today a predominant factor in the most important 
luisiness, civic and social activities of New Orleans and 
the .South. As Vice-President of the Board of Port 
Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, his ability 
and acumen ably assisted in directing that notable 
body to its present state of wisely maintained success. 
Mr. O'Keefe was appointed receiver for the N. O. Ry. & 
Light Co., early in January, 1919, by Judge Foster. 
Mr. O'Keefe married Miss Rita L. McDonald, but there 
are no children. Mr. O'Keefe is a prominent member 
of Boston Club, Press Club, Country Club, Elks, and 
various Carnival societies. 



Ill 



DAN S. LEHON. 

(Continued from paijc S2) 

tion for membership in the Police Department in 
Chicago, and was appointed as a Detective in 1895. 
wlien Civil Service was tirst adopted in Cliicafjo. He 
left the Police Department in isaa and entered the 
service of the Illinois Central Railroad, as Special 
Agent, with headquarters in Memphis. Tenn.. which 
position he held for five yeai-s. lie resi;L:ned to enter 
tlie service of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. 
and was detailed liy this aj^eiicy in the protection of 
patrons at race tracks, circuses, large gatherings, state 
fairs, etc.. all over the United States, against operations 
of pickpockets, conlidence men, etc. He then re- 
entered the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad as 
Special Agent, with headciuarters in New Orleans, in 
the fore part of 190,";, which position he held until 
August 1, 1910. when he resigned to accept the position 
of General Manager for the S'outliern Division of the 
William J. Burns International Detective Agency, and 
on July 1. 1916, resigned tliat position to go into busi- 
ness on liis own account, in which business he is still 
engaged, with offices in the Whitney-Central building, 
and a branch office at 300 Canal street. 

He is a memlier of the Young Men's Gymnastic Club, 
Knights of Columbus, and tlie Association of Com- 
merce. He has ne\er held a political position, eitlier 
elective or appointive. Mr. Lehon married Miss Ernes- 
tine Cuneo, a native of New Orleans, in June, 1906. and 
has a very interesting family of four daughters from 
this marriage, he being a widower at the time he mar- 
ried Miss Cuneo. his first wife having died in Mem- 
phis in 1902. there being three children from his first 
marriage; Miss Cliarlotte. Miss Eleanor and Jack, all 
of whom reside in New Orleans. 



ALFRED LE BI^ANC. 

{Continued from patjc 75) 

Holt Dine, witli connections in every important port 
of the world, and enjoying a world-wide recognition in 
tlie cotton and shipping lousiness. Mr. LeBlanc is a 
member of the Boston Club. In ISSl he married Miss 
Jane Stewart, and their children are Stewart A.. Ken- 
neth. Henry S.. and Josephine A. LeBlanc. all of whom 
are prominent in tlie local commercial and social 
worlds witli wide acquaintance elsewhere. 



FURMAN BARNES PEARCE. 

(Continued from page 75) 

with the degree of LL.D. Beginning his career in 1900 
witli the practice of law. lie foi'sook that profession 
upon his appointment to office as Assistant Postmaster 
in Savannah. Ga. Upon retiring from office in 190S 
he removed to New Orleans, associating himself witli 
the South Atlantic .Steamship Line, of which concern 
lie is now Vice-President and General Manager. On 
August 10. 1910. Mr. Pearce married Miss Ella Saint, 
of Louisiana, and their two children are Elizabeth 
Bowdre and Harriet Murray Pearce. Mr. Pearce is 
director of shipping. Gulf IMvision. Siiipping Control 
Committee (Army Transport Service). He is also a 
j)rominent member of Pickwick. Louisiana. Round 
Table Clubs, and Motor League of New Orleans, and 
Ancient Landmark Lodge, F. & A. M., of Savannah, Ga. 



EDWARD S. HILL. 

(Continued from paije 80) 

was associated with a Chicago concern until 1898. 
when he removed to New Orleans, where he has since 
taken an active part in the commercial and social life 
of the city. Mr. Hill married Miss Myra Richard, of 
New Orleans, in 1903. They have two children. Mar- 
jorie L, Hill, aged 12 years, and Susette E. Hill, aged 
n years. He is a member of New Orleans Chess. 
Checkers and Whist. Southern Yacht. Rotary, and 
Y. M. G. Clubs, also of the Press Club. 



H. DICKSON COTHRAN. 

(Continued from patje 82) 

removed to New Orleans, where he lias since resided. 
He has attained eminence as an operator lit the cotton 
mari^et. and recognition as a valuable, progressive citi- 
zen, always interested in promoting the public welfare. 
Mr. Cotliran is a popular member of New Orleans 
Country Club and of New Orleans Press Club. He 
married Miss Adelaide Gammon. They have two lovely 
children, who are Adelaide and Lilie Bowie Cothran. 



JOSEPH EUGENE RANSDELL. 

(Continued from page 24) 

tion soon, and great herds of beef and dairy cat- 
tle of the best breeds flourish in every part of 
Dixie, constituting one of its most valuable 
assets. 

In the Senate, Mr. Ransdell is Chairman of the 
Committee on Public Health and National Quar- 
antine, and recently secured the passage of a 
law providing a National Home for Lepers, where 
those poor unfortunates from every state in the 
Union will be housed and cared for humanely and 
given as many comforts as their sad condition 
permits. 

He is also a member of the Senate Committees 
on Public Lands. Commerce. Agriculture, the 
Navy, and Woman Suffrage. 

Mrs. Ransdell is greatly interested in all her 
husband's work, and their home life has been 
a happy one. She belongs to the Daughters of 
the American Revolution, was for four years 
National Treasurer General of that organization, 
takes an active interest in war work in Wash- 
ington, and is a memlier of the Ladies of the 
Senate Red Cross Unit. 



HENRY R. PEDARRE. 

(Continued from page 78) 

no children. Mr. Pedarre is a member of Elks. Choc- 
taw. Young Men's Gymnastic Clubs, and Louisiana 
Motor League. He is also a member of the Society 
of tlie Holy Spirit. 



HUGUES JULES DE LA VERGNE. 
(Continued from page 73) 

Tulane University, which he later attended, he received 
the degree of LL.B., in 1888, and Ph.B.. in 1893. As a 
lawyer, a colonel on the Governor's staff, a leader in 
clubdom and society. Mr. de la Vergne enjoys wide 
distinction. He is President of the Louisiana Colonials, 
a member of the Boston. New Orleans Country, Y. M. G. 
Clubs, member of I.iouisiana Bar Association, U. S. of 
C. V. Camp B-i:io. Jesuits and Tulane Alumni. He was 
commissioned Major by Governor Blanchard. July 9. 
1904. and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on March 12. 
3 905. He was commissioned Colonel by Governor Hall. 
March 10. 1916. and Governor Pleasant commissioned 
him again on January 27. 1917. He married Marie 
Louise S'chniidt. daughter of Charles E. Schmidt, an 
eminent lawyer of New Orleans. There are seven chil- 
dren of this union, who are: Marguerite, now Countess 
Charles de Bony de la S'ergne. Juilles Hugues. Charles 
E. Leda. Jules. Jactiues and Pierre Renaud. Mr. de la 
Vergne ran for Democratic nominee for the Louisiana 
Senate in 1904. and as Democratic nominee for Lieu- 
tenant Governor of Louisiana in 1916. He was Presi- 
dent of the New Orleans Bee for three years, and is 
one of tliose combinations of aristocrat and success- 
ful man of affairs peculiar to New Orleans. 



WILLIAM DAY JENKINS. 

(Continued from page 8G) 
Houston and Dallas. Te.xas. and New Orleans. La. Mr. 
.lenkins was born in Blandville. Ky.. on July 2S. 1SS2. 
the son of W. W. and Alice F. Jenkins. His father 
was a prominent lawyer and Judge of Ballard County, 
Kentucky. Mr. Jenkins is a member of the New Or- 
leans Country Club. Audubon Golf. Press. Pickwick. 
Southern Yacht. Tally-Ho. and Elks Clubs, and Associa- 
tion of Commerce Foreign Trade Bureau. He is a 
bachelor. 



CAPTAIN MILLARD FILLMORE BRADFORD. 

(Continued from page 72) 

ford's first marriage occurred in Donaldsonville in 1S74. 
from \vhich marriage there were four children: Marina. 
Irene. May and Winona Bradford. In 1S90 lie married 
Miss Mary Dudenheiffer. of New Orleans, and there are 
nine ciiildren. of whom one is deceased. The surviv- 
ing children are: Millard. William. Percy. Oliver. lone 
and Lurline. Carl and Bernice. Captain Bradford is a 
member of Elks' Club. Board of Trade and Association 
of Commerce. 



112 



CHARLES ADDISON HARTWELL. 

(Continued from pa{/e 82) 

Charles C. Hartwell. in 1860. Tlie firm is one of the 
oldest existins in the Soutl>. an'l its liooks .siio\ • a 
record of having installed a majority of the Ifrge con- 
tracts through Southern territory. It originally oper- 
ated exclusively as a plumbing and heating concern, but 
since 15*13, under the direction of its present President, it 
has become more widely known as the house de luxe for 
electric lixtures, sifts of art and bric-a-brac, and fur- 
niture of rare desi.i;ns and manufacture, iis well as 
siiecializing in other objects for creating the House 
Beautiful. The strength of the House of Hartwell l.as 
likewise been added to by its late Vice-President. Mr. 
S. C. Hartwell. who died in liiO.'J to be succeeded by the 
present Vice-President. Mr. A. A. Marx. The present 
President is likewise Vice-President of the Louisiana 
Abstract and Title Company, a concern filling a long- 
felt need in this vicinity. He is \'ice-President of the 
De Soto Hotel Company, and a Director of the City 
Bank & Trust Company. He is a valued member of 
such clubs as Ciiess. Checkers and Whi.'^t, Now Oilcans 
Country, Southern Yacht, Y. M. G. C. Elks and Knights 
of Columbus. He is Secretary of the Marquette Asso- 
ciation for Higher Education, and in addition to his 
contribution to the commercial strength of the com.- 
munity, he has likewise contributed valuably to its 
artistic development. 



HAMPTON REYNOLDS. 
(Continued from payc 73) 
he established his own business, since which time he 
has become widely known for his extensive operations 
in construction of Seventeenth Street Canal. New Or- 
leans; Bayou Bienvenu Levees; additions to pumping 
stations Xos. 1 and 2; Red Cross to HoUoway Levees; 
fifty miles of gravel roads in St. Mary Parish; pile- 
driving and excavation work. New Orlean.s army sup- 
ply depots. 

Mr. Reynolds Is exceedingly fond of Iiunting and 
fishing, and is a prominent member of Southern Yacht. 
Y. M. G. C. Little Lake Gun and Rod, Lake Shore and 
Choctaw Clubs. He is also a member of the B. P. O. E. 
and Louisian.a Engineering Society. He was married 
to Miss Elma Trion, of New Orleans, in lii02. There 
are three children, namely. Elton. Elma and Nydia. 



EDMUND ERNEST RICHARDSON. 

(Continued from page 78) 

among the clubs of New Orleans, being a member of 
Boston, Country, and Southern Yacht Clubs. He is a 
member of Mountain City Club of Chattanooga. Mem- 
ber of New Orleans Cotton Exchange. He resides at 
4109 S't. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. 



FRED. A. EARHART. 

(Continued from paiie 7S) 
Earhart Secretary of the Board of Pharmacy. 



He 



was also president of the State Pharmactutical Asso- 
ciation, and while devoting the larger part of his time 
to the drug business, Mr. Earhart is also acti\'e in 
other lines of endeavor. He is President of Mackie 
Pine Company of Louisiana. He takes active interest 
in politics, and served as Representative from the 
Eleventh District durin.g the administration of Gov- 
ernors Hall and Pleasant. He married Miss Ida May 
Hailes. of New Orleans, seventeen years ago. They 
have seven children. He is an Elk. member of W. O. W., 
Shriners, Druids, and belongs to t!ie Masons-. He is a 
member of the Board of Directors of Crescent City 
Homestead and Board of Directors of New Orleans Col- 
lege of Pharmacy. 



ALBERT ANDREW WILSON. 

(Continued from jtafir 82) 

career began in 1901, when he entered the businesi? 
world in connection with cotton brokerage, which he 
has remained affiliated with to this date, being now 
senior partner of the firm of A. A. Wilson a: Ci>., im- 
po^'tf.nt factors in the cotton business. Mr W'ilsctn is 
a member of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. He 
belongs to the Masons and Shriners. New Orleans Coun- ' 
try. Press and Y'oung Men's Gymnastic Clul>s. He 
married Miss Viva Houston, and their three children 
arj' Muriel Haughton, Elizabeth Cleveland, and Marion 
Cl.amberlain Wilson. 



JAMES W. BILLINGSLEY. 

(Continued from page SO) 

Billingsley is one of the well-known men of the city. 
He is a valuable member of the leading c)ubs. which 
include Pickwick. Country, and Soiitliern Yacht of New 
Orleans. He is also a member of the Louisiana Engi- 
neers Society, of American Society of Civil Engineers 
and American Highway Association. Mr. Billingsley 
is a baclielor. 



MICHAEL .lOSEPH ROONEY. 

(Continued from paije 78) 

in the United States army, during whicli time he saw 
active service in the Philippines, wliere he was sta- 
tioned for about twenty-six months. Upon his return 
to New Orleans, he was appointed to his present office 
as Chief Clerk to tlie Mayor. Mr. Rooney married 
Miss Genevieve Owens on .luly 3. 1909, and they have 
one child, a daughter. May Rooney. Mr. Rooney is a 
member of Elks' Club, Woodmen of the World, B. K. of 
A.. Maccabees, St. Vincent de Paul, and Choctaw Clubs. 




113 



3n ii^mnnam 

CONTINUATION. 



C'AI'TAIN PENDLETON S. MOIUUS. 

(^Continued from page 100) 

worldly means to every charity and lived a high, 
true, clean life in the midst of the corruption 
current in modern life. Capt. Morris married 
Miss Ijillian Littlefield of Bi-unswick, Geo!"g:ia on 
April L'S. ISSli. They iiad four children — Pen- 
dleton Stewai't. Innis, Stanley Stewart and Edgar 
Taylor Morris. The three sons are in active serv- 
ice in the U. S. Army, Lieutenant-Colonel Pendle- 
ton Stewai't Morris, .Ir. being now with the 
American forces in Archangel, liussia; Lieut. 
Stanley S. Morris, with the American forces in 
France, and Lieut. Edi;ar T. Morris witli a 
stevedore regiment at Camp Alexandria on the 
Atlantic Coast. The daughter is now Mrs. Carey 
J. Ellis, Jr. of Rayville, Louisiana. Capt. Morris 
was a membei- of the National Guard. He served 
as Cai)tain of the Brunswick Riflemen of Bruns- 
wick, Ga., was commissioned by Gov. Gordon of 
Georgia as Captain of the Macon Huzzars. and 
was later Captain of tiie Chickasaw Guards at 
Memphis, Tenn., and Captain of the Cavalry Co. 
of New Orleans. Capt. Morris, though loyally 
a resident of Louisiana, never ceased to lie a 
Kentuckian. He was President of the Kentucky 
Society in Louisiana and faithful in his allegi- 
ance to the "Blue Grass" State. An exponent of 
the finest in American ancestry and development, 
Capt. Morris died on Sept. 24, 191S. 



WASHINGTON G. BOYLAN. 

(Conliiiitcd from i>af/r 104) 

children are a son, Milton W. Boylan, who suc- 
ceeded his fathei' in the active management of 
the splendid organization created by the latter; 
a daughter who is now Mrs. Katie B. Lyon. The 
demise of Mr. Boylan on December 29, 1917, re- 
mo\'ed from the communit.v one of the its most 
loj'al, de\'oted and highl.\' esteemed citizens, who 
had fought and won a good fight for public 
betterment. 



WILLIAM PATRICK BURKE, 

(Continurd from luige 101) 

Orleans Country Club, Pass Christian Country 
Club, The Old Colony Club and the Benevolent 
and Protective Order of Elks. He also belonged 
to most of the Carnival Organiz:itions, among 
them the following: The M.vstic Krewe of 
Comus, The Knights of Proteus, The Knights of 
Momus, The Court of Rex, as Duke of Marquette, 
The Krewe of Nereus, The Knights of Mithras, 
and the Carnival German. Moreover he was a 
member of the Dixie, the Rigolets, and The 
Ballejo hunting and fishing clubs, while his more 
serious, i-eli,iiious and patriotic feelings prompted 
his membei'ship in such societies as the Tulane 
Societ,\' of Economics, Vice-Pi'esident of the 
Mai-quette Association for Higher Education, The 
Genei-al Conference of the Society of Saint 
Vincent de Paul, The .lesuit Alumni Association 
and its Sodality, The Chaplains Aid Society, The 
Governing Board of the Canteen Service of the 
American Red Cross, The Cliambei- of Commerce, 
The War Finance Brigade, The Wholesale Grocers 
Association and the N. O. Board of Trade. 

He was alwa>'S a strong advocate of education 
and man.v were his gifts and scholai-ships to 
Catholic institutions of learning. On tlie 24th 
of November, 1^92 he married Miss Mar.v Agnes 
Cahill of St. Louis and was blessed with two 
sons, the elder Nicholas born in 1S94, and the 
younger William Patrick, Jr. in 1900. In 1909 
his son Nicholas died, and the following year Mr. 
Burke erected a Seismic Observatory at Loyola 



University to his memory. This was the first 
liuildinff given to tliis institution, which was at 
that time in an embryonic form of development. 
But Loyola was to receive still other and greater 
gifts from his hands. 

It was in 1913, while he was acting as executor 
of the estate of Thomas McDermott that Mis.s 
Kate McDermott, the sister of the deceased ex- 
pressed a desire to erect a memoiial to her 
brother and wished to be advised where to build 
it. Mr. Burke suggested that as Loyola Uni- 
versity was contemplating the erection of a 
magnificent Chui'ch to form the right wing of 
their imposing quardrangle that this would be 
an excellent opportunity to benefit both her 
Religion and the cause of Education. She 
decided to follow this advice, and the first pile 
was driven on July the 30th, 1913. He was later 
made one of the trustees of the Church, called 
the Gesu, and as he took upon himself most of 
the responsibilities of its construction, its pres- 
ent perfection may be largely traced to his 
endeavors. 

Needless to say Mr. Burke was extremely 
patriotic, subscribed liberally to the various 
War Loans and Charities, and, as above stated, 
was liimself a member of tlie War Finance 
Brigade, and the Governing Board of the Red 
Cross Canteen Service, and up to the beginning 
of his last illness an indefatigable worker for the 
Fourth Liberty Loan. 

His death on the 19th of October, 191S, left a 
\cry perceptible void in the life of the community. 
His disposition and chaiacter, as well as his 
multitude of charities, most often known only 
to the recipient, caused him to be universally 
mourned and regretted. And although he no 
longer lives in person, his illustrious example 
wii; never be dimmed, but will shine on forever in 
llie lives and deeds of those whom he molded by 
his friendship. 



CHARLES ALPHONSO FARWELL. 

(CoittiiMcd from pai/c 99) 

pleasures were chiefly in pursuit of knowledge and 
as collector of rare articles. 

The social prominence of Mr. Farwell and his 
family brought him into contact with the more 
exclusive circles of which he was a consei'vative 
but always charming member. In 1901 Mr. Far- 
well married Mrs. Stella Evans French, of 
Tennessee. Two sons were born of their union, 
i. e., Charle.s A., Jr. and Frank Evans Farwell. 
Mr. Farwell was actively affiliated with institu- 
tions briefly listed as follows: President Ameri- 
can Protective League, President Stanton Plant- 
ing & Mfg. Co., President Westover Planting Co., 
President Elsinor Planting Co., President Oakley 
Sugar Company, Vice-President Honduras Sugar 
& Distilling Co., Director Whitney Trust & Sav- 
ings Bank, Director Shadyside Co., Director 
Charity Hospital, Director Mortgage Securities 
Co., Member Louisiana Sugar .t Rice Exchange, 
Member New Orleans Boaid of Trade, Member 
Milliken & Farwell, honorary memlier of New 
Orleans Cotton Exchange. Among clubs Mr. Far- 
well favored Boston, New Orleans Press, and 
Carnival clubs. He was Ex-King of the Carnival. 
Prominently connected with Masonic organizations 
in high capacities, and a member of many im- 
portant scientific societies including the Luther 
Burbank Society of which he was a life-member, 
and others. As one of Louisiana's foremost 
citizens. Mr. Farwell stands paramount and a 
recital of the history of his career and personal 
qualifications must serve continually as an incen- 
tive for emulation by many succeeding genera- 
tions of youth ambitious for achievement not 
only in the commercial world but jiarticularly in 
the higher and deeper avenues of development 
that open only to the man of intellect and dis- 
criminating taste and judgment. 



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CALCASIEU PARISH 



IX 1!)18. Calcasieu Parish had au increase of over lo.OOO acres in tlic cultivated farm area, with ap- 
proximately 20,000 acres apparent for the present year, which will make the cultivated farm area 
something over 100,000 acres, which does not include the large area used as cattle ranges. The esti- 
mated value of all farm products for the Parish, including live stock, is considerahlv in excess of two and 
one-half million dollars ($2,500,000). 

This fact is of utmost importance and worthy of consideration by anvone seeking a location .'r 
wishing a desirable place for recreation, either sunmier or winter. 

Altitude varies from sea level on the Gulf Coast to over 30 feet in higher portions of Calcasieu 
I'arish. Altitude at Lake Charles, 20 to 25 feet. 

Calcasieu Parish's highway system, wdiich is nearing completion and allows for over two hun- 
dred miles of hard-surfaced highways, including brick, gravel with tarvia, plain gravel, and shell, con- 
structed at an expenditure of $2,100,000, with all bridges and culverts of concrete, including the Calcasieu 
Parish highway bridge, which lias six arch spans each iu; feet in the clear, one double-leaf trunnion Ba.s- 
cule sjian, electrically operated, lO.S feet in the clear, one ajjproach girder span of 30 feet and twentv- 
nine girder spans each 30 feet in the clear; total length of structure being 1,782 feet and cost, with ai> 
preaches, $175,000. 

Climate. — Semi-tropical. The winters are very mild. Freezing point is seldom reached and never 
contiinies for more than a day or two. Sharp frosts arc occasionally encountered, but the ground never 
freezes. Field work can be done practically twelve months in the year. Sunstroke and heat prostrations 
are never heard of. , 

The annual rainfall varies from 50 to 60 inches jier annum, (piitc evenly distributed throughout 
the year. 

HeiiUh. — Public liealth is unusually good in Southwest Louisiana and the Gulf Cuast country. The 
death rate per thousand inhabitants in the city population of the United States is 19.0. 




L'ALC.\S1KU BRIDGE tAT TOP) LINKING AIODEL HIGHWAY. 

115 



Jnliuatnal ^^rttuu 



tliomsolvos to a fuller I'xlcnt tlinn \v:is cvi'i' known nf men' toiirisl ti'Milc. As a rpsnlt of their visit tlie 
hotels, restaurants, thealei's. hanks, rimiinei-eial enter|irise.-. df all kinds have hi'neliteil to a hli'ijer extent 
than they possilily rdiihl lunc was thei-e nn rai-ini:' to .-utriiri llie kind nf visitors we have had with us 
tlie present winter. 

.\ nation that is all Imsiiiess and im pleasure ne\ci' was and never will he listed as a denioeratii- 
one. Instead it is the iii'eeilei' of ill will among its peoples to tlii' pedples i>l' fleer iiatinns, where 
])leasnre is given ecpial swn\- willi husiness. (iennany was tlu' t\|ie nf tlu' nalioii lirst referred to, and 
it was that fanatical dhseivanee of hirsiness first tliat led the laml of the Kaiser to covet tlie lioldings of 
neigiiljors. Another example (d' what lack of pleasure means to the success of a nation is furnishe(l hy 
Rn.ssia. What pleasures there were in that nation were oidy for those who io\ilil alV(n-d thein. The jieas- 
aut and th.e lahon'r had none ami were permitted n.mie. Little wondei' then there was a lack of hroth- 

erlv love hetween the various elements nt life within the iiali md that innn and destuu-tion, hhuid- 

shed and ])ogionis are the oi-dei' of the day. 

There is no getting away from the fact that horse racing is one of the gicatest spcu'ts of num. 
It has heeii referred to as the si)oi1 (d' kings, and such it is. 




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W. H. KER, President. 

Has been connected with the orsanization since its liesinnins in ] ;i03. He possesses Ivnowledge 
in his line which entitles him to rank witli tlie leaders throughout the country. .-V man of pleasing 
personality; a Louisianian by birth and resides in New Orleans. He prides himself in the knowledge 
that has governed his advancement from salesman tii President of an organization, which is co-oper- 
ative and progressive in every sense. Is ever untiring in his efforts to advance the prestige of the 
entire community. Has a large acquaintance throughout the entire South and is recognized as a 
thoroughly technical and pi-actical coffee and tea man. 

S. J. CASTLE, First Vice-President. 

A man of storling" qualities and wide acquaintance tlirouf^huut the Soutliern States; lias been con- 
nected with the Company for about 12 years and is their leading salesman. Home and headquarters 
are at Shi-eveport, La. His importance has been further recognized by his recent election to the Board 
of Directors. 

p. p. GLUCK, Treasurer. 

A man of wide acquaintance and very active and successful in his line — cotton and banking: of 
pleasing personality — a philanthropist in every sense. Resident of New Orleans. 

W. E. NORRISS. Second Vice-President. 

Is well and favorably known throughout the t^nutliern State's. Higlily regarded by his large circle 
of friends and customers; has traveled for the Cnmiiany fur alumt 4 years. His ability and standing 
have recently been rewarded by his present title. His h"nie is New Orleans. 

RiCHARD G. DROWN, Secretary. 

A young man of exceptional ability, possessing many qualities which are applied effectually to 
Ills work. He has risen from shipping clerk to the important position of Secretary. His duties con- 
sist chiefly of buying the general eiiuipment, handling city credits and advertising. Ha.s been with 
the Company about 8 years. His home is New Orleans. 

C. L. PEARSON, Asst. Treasurer. 

A resident of New Orleans; has won his adv ancenient gradually from bookkeeper to cashier, 
thence to Assistant Treasurer. Is most efficient in accounting. His chief duties are handling country 
credits and collections. He is calm, deliberate and considerate in liis dealings with the trade. Has 
been with the company about seven years. 

AMERICAN COFFEE COMPANY 

OF NEW ORLEANS, LTD. 



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LEYLAND LINE 



Frederick Leyland 8 Company, Limited 



REGULAR SAILINGS 

FROM NEW ORLEANS for 

LIVERPOOL 

MANCHESTER 

LONDON 



M. J. SANDERS, Manager 

1210-1212 HIBERNIA BANK BUILDING 
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



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CUYAMEL FRUIT 
COMPANY 

IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS 

BANANAS 

CUYAMEL BUILDING 

410 AND 412 CAMP STREET 

NEW ORLEANS 



DIRECT 
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE 

TO 

PUERTO CORTEZ 

AXD 
OMOA HONDURAS 



121 



ni\e Pelican Cracker Factor}) 




NEW ORLEANS is the home of many splendid enterprises, among which none is 
more vitally a factor in the commercial growth of the city than THE PELICAN 
CRACKER FACTORY, engaged in the manufacture of crackers, cakes and 
other toothsome edibles. Its product is in demand over a wide area of territory, 
and is shipped into South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, 
Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. For the United States Government alone the Pelican 
Cracker Factory now holds on hand enormous orders for its produce, for exclusive 
use of the United States Government overseas, and has already supplied over three 
million pounds of their product for governmental uses. Despite this enormous business, 
the output of this splendid factory is constantly growing in favor and increasing in 
demand throughout this and other countries. The company has a large force of skilled 
employes, employing in New Orleans 5 79 people in their factory here. They likevv^ise 
are represented throughout their territory by sixteen high class traveling men, each of 
whom is a specialist in his line. The company employs a liberal policy of justice, 
fairness and co-operation in its dealings with its employes, and conducts its business 
on the highest principles. Its officers are among the well known men of New Orleans, 
and are as follows: 

E. L. GERDE, President. 

CHARLES W. BROWN, Vice-President. 

LYLE A. CARTER, Secretary and Treasurer. 

A. B. CLARK, Factory Manager and Director. 

CHARLES GALLMAN, Factory Manager and Director. 



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THE LUMBER-PAPER CENTER OF THE SOUTH. 

/^\K OF the fastest growing aud most progressive cities of Louisiana or tlie entire Soutli 
^-^ is BOGALUSA, tlie lionie of the world's greatest sawmill and the South's largest paper 
iiiaiiul'aoturing plant. Twelve years ago the site of the city was covered by a virgin pine 
forest; today it is occupied by 16,000 happy, contented people, most of whom are engaged in 
work connected with the production of lumber from the Southern pine tree or with the con- 
versif)n of waste wood into paper. 

One million feet of lumber is manufactured in Bogalusa every working day. In doing 
this, there are necessarily produced many tons of waste material in the form of limbs and tops 
in the woods and slal)s and edgings at the mill. Formerly only a very small percentage of 
this waste material could be made into useful i^roducts. In fact, it was found that only one- 
third of the tree was turned into lumber, bo.xes, lath and shingles. Two-thirds of the tree 
was cither left in the woods or burnt as slabs, edgings, sawdust, etc. 

That was beloie the construction of the magnificent plant of the Bogalnsa Paper 
Company, Inc. This great plant was built by the same men who own the Great Southern 
Luml)er Company. Their investment in the paper mill amounts to .$<;, ((0(1,(1110. The owners 
feel that the building of this paper mill was a long step forwanl tnwMiils the ideal of true 
i-onservation. The paper plant ojierates entirely on waste ])r()ducts. 

Illustrated on this page i^ the new City Hall, of which every citizen of Bogalusa is 
exceedingly proud. This buikling was erected at a cost of $40,000. Although established 
ill li)0(i, Bogalusa was not incorporated as a city until July 4, 1!)14, at which time it had a 
])()[iulation of about lo.ooo. The city enjoys a commission form of government. 

With the establishment of the paper making industry, Bogalusa has become a PEli- 
;\I.VXENT city instead of being dependent upon destructive lumbering operations a,s in the 
past. When the manufacture of lumber shall have ceased, the jiaper mills will tin-n to second- 
growth pines for their raw material. 

BOGALUSA WILL BE THE THIRD CITY OF LolMSIAXA WITHIN THE 
NEXT TEX YEARS. 




CITY ]I.\LL, BOCJALTTSA. I>A. 



123 



The 
Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance 

Company, Ltd. 

"AS A LOUISIANA INSTITUTION" 



Has selected New Orleans as one of its four Departments for the management of its 
American Business. 

Maintains a Local Board of Managers, comprising four of New Orleans Representa- 
tive Merchants. 

Employs at its New Orleans Office 100 persons, consisting of Managers and Clerks. 
Has invested in New Orleans Real Estate 3 office buildings at a cost of $366,000.00. 
Pays annually taxes to New Orleans and State of Louisiana on Real Estate, $9,840.00. 
Pays taxes on its business operations City of New Orleans and State of Louisiana 
$12,259.64. 

Deposits its funds in four of New Orleans' Banks from which Losses throughout the 
South are paid. 

Purchases all stationery and supplies necessary to its Southern Business from New Or- 
leans Merchants and Dealers. 

These facts exhibit how this Company has become identified with Louisiana which 
should favorably commend it to the consideration of Louisiana Insurers. 



DIRECTORS 



HUNT HENDERSON. 

JNO. M. PARKER, 

D. D. CURRAN 



OFFICERS 



CLARENCE F. LOW, Manager. 

J. G. PEPPER, Assistant Manager. 

R. H. COLCOCK, Jr.. Deputy Assistant Manager. 



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Ne^ Orleans National Bank 

CHARTERED AUGUST 1st, 1870. 

NEW ORLEANS 

FOR 48 YEARS A FACTOR IX THE FIXAXCIAL AXD 
COMINIERCIAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF XEW 
ORLEAXS AXD THE TERRITORY OF WHICH IT IS 
THE FIXAXCIAL AXD COMMERCIAL CAPITAL. 

CAPITAL _ $1,000,000.00 

SURPLUS 500,000.00 

UNDIVIDED PROFITS 449,763.51 

$1,949,763.51 

NOTE: — The amount of Capital contributed by shareholders 
was $200,000. The additions to make up the above total 
came from Earnings alone. 



WE invite all classes of banking business and will welcome intervieAvs 
and correspondence with great interest. Oui- service and our attitude 
toward the business of our customers will please. 

Check Accounts Rent Collections 

Savings Accounts Income Collections 

Special Deposits Loans and Discounts 

Certificates of Deposit Correspondent for Banks and 
Collections. Foreign and Bankers 

Domestic All other kinds of banking and 
(Our service covers the world) financial affairs. 



OFFICERS 

ADOLPH KATZ President 

R E. CRAIG 1st Vice-President and Chairman of the Board 

FERDINAND KATZ Vice-President 

ALVIN P. HOWARD Vice-President 

FRANK E. RIESS Cashier 

CHARLES E. STEVENS Asst. Cashier 

DIRECTORS 

GUS. B. BALDWIN. TI. MARINONI, Jr. 

A. Baldwin & Co., Ltd. Attorney at Law 

H. F. BALDWIN D. B. MARTINEZ 

R E CRAIG ^' I'^"^'^ "^ Company. Wholesale Cigars 

1st Vice-President and Chairman of the Board E. L. POWELL 
AI VIN P HOWARD American Creosote Works. Inc. 

3rd Vice-President 'T- «■ Rainwater Lumber Co. 

ADOLPH KATZ President S^" Ramon S. S. Co. 

Cuyamel Fruit Co. LOUIS P. RICE 
FERDINAND KATZ Louis P. Rice & Co., Saddlery 

2d Vice-President j. a. SALMEN, 
Mayer Realty Company Vice-President Salmen Brick & Lumber 

GUSTAVE LEMLE Co., Ltd. 

New Orleans Attorney. Illinois Central System, e. G. SCHLIEDER 

Attorney. New Orleans National Bank, Etc. President American Brewing Company 

JAS. J. MANSON S. ZEMURRAY 

Manson Bros., Salt S. Zemurray & Co., Fruit. 



126 



New Orleans Credit Men's Association Exerts Constructive 
Influence on Southern Business. 



N(>\VHRriK has the modern science uf or.^anized 
r(i-n|ie ration reached such development as in 
tlic T'nited States, where, more than in any 
other country, it has preserved its appropri- 
ate character of an aid to, rather than substitute 
for, individual initiative, and wliere, under sane 
reg;ulation tliroui^h a legislative policy which recog- 
nizes tliat jirinciple. a system of co-operation in 
business lias been evolved which not only adapts 
itself to the requirements of each class of industry, 
luit includes inter-industry organizations designed 
to work out joint problems beariner upon the various 
pliases of commercial activity. Prominent, or even 
pre-eminent, among the latter class is the National 
Association of Credit Men. composed of 122 local 
associations in the principal cities of tlie country, 
with a total membership of 27,000 business con- 
cerns. Of these constituent associations the New 
Orleans Credit Men's Association may be considered 
typical, having been organized in March, 3 896, the 
first organized in tlie South, and one of tlie many 
wliich at the same time began springing up all over 
the country. The remarkable initial impetus of the 
credit association movement was due to the realiza- 
tion of the necessity for 
improvement in credit 
conditions, which were 
in a deplorable state, 
each firm acting for it- 
self, on tlie i^rinciple of 
stealing business from 
each otlier. and naturally 
largely ignorant of or 
disregarding the logical 
basis of credit. As said 
l)y one of its officials, 
the New Orleans associa- 
tion practically started 
itself, .growing out ibf 
tlie recognition of the 
fact that such conditions 
were not only wasteful 
and destructive of busi- 
ness from the standpoint 
of the manufacturers, 
jobbers, wliolesalers and 
liankers in whose inter- 
est it was primarily or- 
ganized and has been 
conducted, but unjustly 
burdensome to their hon- 
est and worthy custom- 
ers, and unduly encour- 
aging to the dishonest 
and unreliable. The 

spontaneity and strength 
of the movement is indi- 
cated by the fact that in 
June, 1896, a national 
convention was held, at- 
tended by representa- 
tives of 60 local associa- 
tions; and the New Or- 
leans organization has 
been closely identified 
with the national move- 
ment from its inception. 
The New Orleans 
Credit Men's Association 

was reorganized and incorporated in 1007, and ranks 
high among local organizations, its membership on 
March 1, IHIS. comprising 368 firms in New Orleans 
and others of the larger towns in the State and 
vicinity. More effectively to serve the latter it is 
contemplated that eventually branches will be eslab- 
lislied in the principal outlying towns in its vicinity, 
reporting to the New Orleans office. It is not merely 
a deliberati\e oody, but an active business institu- 
tion, carrying out the fundamental principles of its 
foundation in a concrete business service, in spacious 
offices, and with a clerical force of 32 people. Next 
to its basic purpose, "to establish closer acfpiaint- 
ance and to encourage and promote confidence and 
co-operation among credit men," and "to j>romote 
tlie highei- education of credit men," its most im- 
I)ortant function, embodying in a striking mannei- 
the co-o|>erative spirit, is tlie credit information 
service, in which, through its large membership, it 
is able to render exceptional service. It has been 
aptly described as an interchange of ledger infor- 
mation, any member desiring knowledge as to the 
credit of a prospective customer being advised with 
wliat otiier members he has done business, the ex- 
tent of it. and all facts bearing upon his reliability 




VV. 1'. SIMPSON. I'residenl 



— a regulai" open competition plan, with "all the 
cards on the table." 

Another purpose, "to secure the economical liqui- 
dation of overdue accounts," is accomplished through 
its collection department with marked efficacy, with 
the important further effect of encouraging prompt 
payment by customers, who realize that delinquency 
affects them with all their creditors. Many claims 
liandled by it are collected without cost, a large 
proportion at a cost of two per cent, and experience 
shows that many which are uncollectable could have 
been collected if placed with the association more 
promptly. Another allied function is "to administer 
involved estates so as to produce maximum returns 
at a minimum cost, and these two branches of work 
are handled under competent management, backed 
by thorough knowledge of the commercial laws of 
the several States, with the aid of specially selected 
attorneys 

Another of its objects, not less important, is "to 
assist honest, financially embarrassed merchants," 
and in no other branch of its work appears so clearly 
the broad constructive character of the organization. 
It is founded on tlie principle that the function of 
credit is not to destroy 
but to build up trade, 
and that co-operation, to 
be fully effective, must 
not be confined to mem- 
bers, but must be ex- 
tended to their custom- 
ers. From this stand- 
point a customer who 
may, for the time, be an 
undesirable one. V)ut is 
capable of being con- 
verted into a good one, 
is an asset to be pre- 
served; and many a cus- 
tomer has through its 
assistance and wise 
counsel been tided over 
a crisis and placed on 
his feet again better 
than before. For in this 
work education is a great 
factor, and frequently 
the fault has been found 
to be improi^er methods, 
and by showing the 
debtor how to put his 
business on a sound 
basis, he has been able 
to continue and liecome 
a valuable customer. 
Prominent along this line 
has been the campaign 
of the association to en- 
couraging better account- 
ing in retail business, to 
enable the merchant to 
know his costs, assist 
him in paying his bills, 
and of late, to know 
where he stands on tax 
matters. The association 
has also been active in 
promoting the use of 
trade acceptances, and 
has met with marked success along this line: and 
considering the wide field of its work, which is not 
limited to any one line of trade, but has to do with 
fundamental conditions in numerous lines, it has 
been a i>otent constructive force in business circles 
in its territory, and has accomplished a good hard 
figlit to realize in building up and making more effi- 
cient the commercial forces therein. 

On the other hand, it is the unrelenting foe of 
commercial dishonesty, and one of its objects is "to 
build a fund with which to prosecute the fraudulent 
and dishonest." This fund is a substantial one, and 
is drawn upon whenever necessary to prosecute those 
guilty of fraud in any form affecting its members. 
This is not done in any vindictive spirit, and even 
here justice is often tempered with mercy; but it is 
felt that the high standai-d which it endeavors to 
maintain in commercial life can be preserved only 
by making an object lesson of violators of the law; 
and if, after the careful investigation which is 
always made in tlie case, is found to be a proper 
one lor prosecution, it is taken up and pushed witli 
energy. 

Another of its pronounced objects, "to secure Icuis- 
(CoJifin unl lilt pane 1 2S.) 



CUKDIT MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 

((kintiituitt from paffe 127.) 

Uitifni for the promotion of honesty in hiisine.^s." is of 
similMi' character. It ha.s been active in lieepins i'i 
toucli witii the course of legislation in Louisiana and 
nearby States, and in recommending: legislation de- 
signed to maintain correct practices in business: and 
among other concrete results may be mentioned the 
following acts placed on the statute books of Louisiana 
at its insti.gation: 

Pi'oliibiting prison-made articles from being sold in 
competition with free labor. 

Regulating the sale of merchandise in bulk or out 
of the usual course of business (making it difficult to 
defraud creditors by that means!. 

rro\ iding penalties for the making or using of false 
statements to obtain money or property on credit. 

Providing- penalties for giving checks, drafts or order.s 
on any bank or depositary when tlie drawer has not 
sufficient funds or credit to cover. 

To make tlie story complete, mention must be made 
of the close co-operation and interchange of informa- 
tion with other credit men's associations, through 
wliich the cooperative principle is carried out to its 
f\iU logical extent and with the maximum efficiency. 



The New Orleans Credit Men's Association is man- 
aged by men prominent in the business world, not only 
in the city, but throughout IjOiiisiana and other States. 
They are men wlio have been iilentirie<l with it for a 
long time, and have been prominent in the shaping 
of its policies: and tlieir Idgh standing, as well as 
that of the tirnis whose I'reclit interests they represent, 
is of itself a sufficient guarantee of the maintenance of 
the higli standard it has set for itself. Us president 
is W. P. S'impson, president of the C. T. Patterson 
Company, Ltd., and its vice-president is J. A. Badger, 
second vice-president of Woodward. Wight & Co.. Ltd. 
G, Owen Vincent, vice-president Commercial Trust and 
Savings Hank, is chairman of Executive Committee. 
All these gentlemen serve without pay, giving their 
time and energy freely for the uplifting of business 
in their field of work. 

The active management of the office is in the capable 
hands of T. .). Bartlette, until recently, credit manager 
of Williams-Richardson Company, Ltd.. who has been 
secretary-treasurer of the Association for twenty years, 
and during his long connection with the organization 
has played a most important part in the development 
of its work which lias greatly contributed to Its 
success. 



Orleans Cotton Mills, Inc. 



Was organizeil 



1;hi1. 



Willi 



thousand 



spindles for the manufacture of yarn. .Vs time 
went by, the mill has grown and prospei-ed. until 
today it has five thousand one hundred and eighty- 
four spinning spindles, one thousand four hun- 
dred twisting spindles, and runs day and night, 
with a force of one hundred and fifty skilled 
operatives. 

Today the mill is turning out the very best 
quality and highest grade of yarn, which is con- 
verted into duck and other fabrics used in im- 
mense quantities by the Quartermaster and 
Ordnance Departments, for equipment for troops 
for overseas service. Since the entrance of the 
United States into the war. the mill has devoted 
its output exclusively to Government require 
ments. 

The new mill building of modern day-light 
faetor.v construction, containing the most ap- 
proved and sanitary plumbing fixtures, di'inking 
fountains, and individual lockers for each em- 
ploye, has just been comtileted, and the new 
mai--hiniT\ installnd tlierein. 

The employes of the Orleans Cotton Mills, Inc., 
truly feel that they are a part of the army he- 
hind the lines and that they are doing their 
hest towards winning the wra-r, as every hour of 
their labor helps to make sometliing wliich the 
soldier boy will need when he g^oes over the top. 
This mill is owned entirel.x li.\' X<-w i M Iraiis 
people and the officers and operating staff are 
as follows: 

MR. W. L. LANDAU. President. 

MR. HARRIS HYMAN, Vice-President. 

MR A. K. LANDAU. Treasurer and Secretary. 

MR! W. PASSMORE, Night Superintendent. 

MR. E. GASTAUER, Day Spinning & Twist- 
ing Supt. 

MR. H. WIRBEL. Day Carding Supt. 

MR. F. GASTAUER, Foreman of the Packing 
& Shipping Department. 
It is a source of gratification to the manage- 
ment that most of these foremen have been 
steadily employed with this Company for periods 
varying from five to twenty years, and the aver- 
age length of employment of the operatives is 
seven years. 

The manag-ement is always glad to extend the 
opportunity to ambitious boys and girls to learn 
a well-paying trade, at which they can always 
get steady employment, good wages, and con- 
siderate treatment, in addition to being paid 
while learning. 



HENRY PETERS 

All of the romance of the sea attaches to 
the business career of Henry Peters, contract- 
ing stevedore, and Mr. Peters and his equip- 
ment of large marine derricks and their ma- 
cliinery play a large part in the maritime com- 
merce of New Orleans. At one time the huge 
fifty-ton capacity derricks are lifting from the 
bottom of the Mississippi slimy wreckage of 
steamboats of other generations; at another 
they are raising a steamboat which may have 
listed too far from injudicious loading, and 
still again the stevedore and his crew may be 
unloading the valuable mahogany logs for the 
Otis Company or transferring the Italian 
marbles from Leghorn to the railway cars 
from the ships' holds. Mr. Peters handles 
heavy sugar machinery for houses in Cuba and 
Porto Rico, and at odd times fishes up lost 
cables for the Telephone or Railway-Light 
companies. Mr. Peters' two derrick boats are 
the Louisiana and the New Orleans, and they 
are probably the most powerful boats on the 
river or in the South. The Louisiana picked 
up a 65-ton steam shovel at Red River and 
carried it quite a distance, and its average 
day's work in handling marble is moving fifty 
blocks from a ship to a freight car. The New 
Orleans was the first derrick boat to go through 
Southwest Pass, and brought up all the ma- 
chinery for the coaling station. Mr. Peters is 
a valuable citizen of New Orleans, and resides 
at 3026 Ursuline Street. 



SCRUPULOUSLY 



Sr: PER DAY 



Hotel De Soto 

(MILLIOf* DOLLAR HOME) 

New Orleans r.:f.^«" 



OCCUPIES AN ENTIRE SQUARE BARONNE & PERDIDO STS. 
FAMOUS FOR ITS CREOLE CUISINE 



128 



Marine Bank & Trust Company 

NEW ORLEANS, 

The Marine Bank and Trust Company, of New Orleans, is one of the youngest active 
financial institutions of the South. 

On the morning of February 6th, 1918, Mr. L. M. Pool, who had been identified with an- 
other Bank in New Orleans for over 25 years, anounced the organization of the Marine Bank 
and Trust Company, In the prospectus, which was sent to prospective investors, the capital was 
fixed at .$400,000.00, and the stock was offered on the basis of $125.00 per share, which provided 
a surplus fund of $100,000.00. Within three days, the capital was very largely over-subscribed; 
total applications for stock exceeding ONE MILLION DOLLARS. 

The organization of the Bank was completed in record time, the Bank opening for business 
in its temporary quarters at 732 Gravier Street, on March ISth, 1918, just 40 days after the an- 
nouncement of its Organization, with full paid capital and surplus, and over TWO AND ONE- 
HALF MILLION Deposits. 

The Officers are: 

L. M. POOL President 

J. A. BANDI Vice-President 

W. T. MARFIELD Cashier 

W. J. PILLOW Assistant Cashier 

All of the Officers have had practical Banking experience, and been actively identified with 
Banking and Business interests in New Orleans, Louisiana and Mississippi for years. 

The Directors are successful and aggressive business men of New Orleans and the Terri- 
tory sei-ved by the Bank; and represent every class of business, which is handled through New 
Orleans and financed by New Orleans Banks. 

The activities of the Bank include all Branches of Banking and Trust Business, covering 
the entire field adjacent to New Orleans, which includes practically all of Mississippi and 
Louisiana. 

The Bank enjoyed a successful business from the start, and in less than Six Months' time, 
the deposits were nearly $5,000,000.00. 

With the development of general business, and particularly foreign business through the 
Port of New Orleans, the Marine Bank and Trust Company is destined to play an important part. 



COMPLIMENTS OF 

COLUMBIA SUGAR CO. 

FRANKLIN, LA. 



129 



MAGINNIS COTTON MILLS, 

E. V. BENJAMIN, Owner. W. LOBER LANDAU, Manager. 

The Maginnis Cotton Mills, specializing in Cement Bags, is the largest concern 
of its kind in the country. Large scale specialization and studious attention to detail 
are the secrets of its success. Covering a territory ranging from coast to coast and 
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, the concern numbers amongst its satisfied customers 
the most powerful corporations in the cement world. 

Indicative of the new spirit in business and hence w^orthy of special note, is 
the splendid co-operation existing between the management of the Mills and the em- 
ployees. The comfort and welfare of the latter are constantly a matter of consider- 
ation. The Mills have a grocery department, where foodstuffs are sold to employees 
at cost. A large restaurant is run on the same basis. The management has instituted 
a liberal benefit system embodying the principle of voluntary, contributory social insur- 
ance. The employees pay 1 Oc wreekly to the Mills' benefit society. In case of ill- 
ness they receive the attention of specialists and when necessary, treatment in the pay 
ward of a hospital. Wages of members on the sick list are paid in full by the manage- 
ment for twenty weeks, which period may be extended at the management's discretion. 
In case of the death of a member, the Mills pay $100.00 to the dependents. 

In short, the Maginnis Cotton Mills make a point of satisfaction — satisfaction 
to customers and employees both. The former has always been a point of business. 
It is the latter which is now being stressed for the first time. Present indications 
point to a new era in industrial relationships. The management of the Maginnis 
Cotton Mills takes great pride that here, as elsewhere, it is well up in the van. 



NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE PORTLAND 

W. R. GRACE & CO. 

QUEEN AND CRESCENT BUILDING . 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

IMPORTERS, ====== EXPORTERS, 

STEAMSHIP AGENTS 



BRANCH OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES OF 
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 



LONDON: 

GRACE BROTHERS & CO., Limited. 



1.30 




MENGE MARINE HARDWARE & SUPPLY CO., Inc. 

Menge Block — Canal, Common, S. Peters and Fulton Streets. 

was organized on January 1st. lliir), anil bi-gan business at :!:!S Camp. Tlie Company grew so rapidly 
that it was necessary for them to obtain larger quarters and tliey were .successful in securing the 
entire square on Canal Street, near the river. , ci ■ 

Their location is an ideal one and tliev are carrying the largest and most complete Ime ot bhip 
Chandlery South of the Mason and Dixon Line. They are Stem to Stern's outfitters, carrying every- 
thing in stock pertaining to the building, repairing and provisioning of vessels. 

The following well known business men of the Crescent City constitutes tlie officers of the Com- 
pany, R. H. MacLeod, President; M. B. Griffin, Vice-President: L. iS. Blanchard, Secty. and Treas., 
and J. H. Menge, General Alanager. 

The genial general manager has been identified with the Steamship and Steamboat business tor 
the past twenty years and the name of Menge Is a guarantee to all Steamboat and Steamship cap- 
tains of fair treatment and dealings. . . 

Besides the general officers mentioned above, the City Sales Department is under the supervi.sion 
of Mr. A. P. Barba, long identified with the Ship Chandlery business, the Engineering Department, Mr. 
F. C. Lacassagne; the Shipping Department. Mr. Jeff. P. Robinson. 



JOHN H. MURPHY IRON WORKS 

MANUFACTURERS AND CONTRACTORS 



NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, U. S. A. 



Vacuum Pans, Coil and Calandrla 
Webre Multiple Effects 
Centrifugals and Mixers 
Crystallizers, any type 
Return Current Juice Heaters 



Internally Fired Boilers 

High Pressure Boilers Fitted with Steel Casings 

Quinn Flat Top Bagasse Furnaces 

Juice and Syrup Tanks 

Oil Storage Tanks, all sizes and shapes 



AGENTS FOR BLAKE— KNOWLES PUMP WORKS 



Large Stock of New and Second Hand Machinery 



131 



CHAS. W. SHEPARD 



PETER P. GLUCK 



P. C. SHEPARD 



SHEPARD 8 GLUCK 



Cotton Commission 
Merchants 



NEW ORLEANS 



Members 
New York Cotton Exchange. 



Established 
1829. 



Cable Address: SLOAN 

Codes: — Shepperson's 1878-81: 

Myers' 39th Ed.; A. B. C. 5th Ed. 



N. P. SLOAN COMPANY, 

COTTON MERCHANTS AND EXPORTERS. 

Main Office: 310 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



N. P. SLOAN, President. 

H. V. SLOAN, Vice-President. 



Domestic 

New Orleans, La. 

J. 1). Morhan. Mgr.. 

817 Peniido Street. 
Fort Worth, Texas, 

J. H. Mumbower, Mgr. 

Savannah, Ga. 

L. L. Alsina, Mgr. 
Charlotte, N. C. 

J. L. Bu9sey, Mgr. 
Greenville, S. C. 

D. Byrd Miller. Mgr. 

LaGrange, Ga. 

Twigg Stuart, Mgr. 



BRANCH OFFICES 



New York, N. Y. 

R. A. Bedell, Mgr. 

Utica, N. Y. 
Alfred Firth. Mgr. 

Fall River, Mass, 
J. H. Jackson. Mgr. 

New Bedford, Mass. 

Chester W. Chase. Mgr. 

Boston, Mass. 
P. A. Sear.s, Mgr. 

Providence, R. I. 
E. S. Harrington, Mgr. 



R. J. McKEOWN, Treasurer. 
W. H. DUNN, Secretary. 



Foreign 

Havre, France. 
John Griffin. Mgr. 

Milan, Italy. 

Malcolm P. Hoover, Mgr. 

Barcelona, Spain, 
J. W. Bingham. Mgr. 

Den Hague, Holland. 

F'red. MuUer, Mgr. 

Kobe, Japan, 
J. Grover Sims, Mgr. 

Liverpool, England. 
Herbert & Witter, Rep'fs. 



Full Cargoes Cotton to European and Asiatic Ports Our Specialty. Stocks concentrated at 

principal ports for that purpose. 

Orders solicited for the purchase amd sale of cotton for future delivery. WIRE OR TELE- 
PHONE NEAREST BRANCH OFFICE FOR OUR LIMITS. We are always in the market. 



i:J2 



THE JOHN B. HONOR CO. 

: i^ LIMITED 



STEVEDORING 
CONTRACTORS 



227 S. FRONT STREET, 



TELEPHONE MAIN 1399 
AT NIGHT:— UPTOWN 1185 

WALNUT 158 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company 

EDENBORN LINE 

THE SHORTEST ROUTE TIIP: NICEST TRAINS 

AND THE MOST CONVENIENT SCHEDULES 

BETWEEN 

NEW ORLEANS SHREVEPORT 

ALEXANDRIA BATON ROUGE 

OIL BURNING ENGINES FAST I REKiHT SERVICE 
OBSERVATION PARLOR CAIE CARS 

E. C. D. MARSHALL 

General Freight and Passenger Agent 
SHREVEPORT, LA. 



133 



UNITED IRRIGATI ON 8 RICE MILLING CO. 

OF 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

WITH Ol'FIC'KS AT 

CROWLEY, - ESTHERWOOD, GUEYDAN, 

KAPLAN AND ABBEVILLE 

owning and controllinu,' tliousands of acres of tlie clioicest lands in Southwest 
Louisiana, and a \'ery large canal irrigation system, offers unsurpassed 
facilities to the farmer. 




.,r V40RI-D MOVt^^ 

GALLAGHER ^^ ^^^^^m- 
TRANSFER 
AND 
STORAGE CO. 

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ^ ^# %p f^ 1^ 

TRANSFER. 

After the new residence has been chosen, the next important thought is moving. In your place, 
include the large padded vans, electric vans and smaller wagons, with "The World Moves — So 
Does Gallagher." It means efficiency and satisfaction. 

PACKING AND SHIPPING. 

We maintain a regular force of expert packers; trained the Gallagher way. The best packing 
materials are used. Expert packers combined with first class material, insures perfect packing. 

STORAGE. 

Finest warehouses and facilities for storing household goods. Conveniently located on Jackson 
Avenue and Camp Place. Separate private rooms and open storage. Satisfied patrons, our most 
valued asset. 



134 



THE JOHNSON IRON WORKS, Ltd. 

P. O. BOX 840 . NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

Machine, Forge and Pattern Shop and Brass Foundry, with 
Wharf and FaciHties for General Marine Repair Work. 

MORGAN, PATTERSON AND SEGUIN STREETS 

Telephone Algiers 101 



HULL AND CONSTRUCTION YARD 
Bayou St. John 

Telephone Galvez 821 



(Established 1885) 


MENTE & COMPANY 


MANUFACTURERS ANT) 


IMPORTERS 


BURLAP AND BAGS 


COTTON PATCHES 


BAGGING AND TIES 


TWINE 


NEW ORLEANS, U. S. A. 



LOYOLA UNIVERSITY 



first opened its doors seven 
years ago and it lias gone on 
steadily increasing from >-ear 
to >-ear until at present it 
comprises eleven distinct de- 
partments. The University is 
adniiraljly situated in the gar- 
den district of New Orleans, 
on St. Charles Ave., opposite 
Audiihon Park. In response to 
the demand of the puhlic an<l 
to meet the wislies of his 
(Jrace, Archbishop Blenk. the 
Jesuit Fathers opened this 
University in IStll. The Uni- 
versit.v group of buildings in- 
cludes Marquette Hall. the 
Louise C. Thomas Hall, the 
McDei'Uiott Memorial Church 
and the Nicholas D. Bui-ke 
Seismic Observatory. The 
style of ai'Chitecture is Tudor 
Gothic, material used is tapestr>' l)riek and liuliuiui li 
Nicholas D. Burke Seismic Observatory by Mr. and M 
D. Burke. Thomas Hall was donated by Mrs. S. O. T 

The Church of the Most Holy Name, the McDer 
in memor.\- of her brother. It is a pure t>'pe of the T 
Crescent City. Its loft.^' tower can be seen miles aw 
demands of ecclesiastical art in the most thorough a 
ment to tlie charity of a nol>Ie woman. The main al 
brought fi'om Italy. The altar rail of cai'\'ed Carra 
altar, the Sacred Heart, was given by Mrs. ,Iohn Dou 
and Mrs. AVm. P. Burke and will stand as a memori 
first erected in the new churcli, was donated bj' Mr. a 
AH altars are of pure white Carrara marble. Statio 
Our Lord, were donated b.v Mr. and Mrs. Swarl>rick 
on the church, many of whom were non-Catholics. A 
Anna McNeil. 

The eleven departments that comprises the cours 

Collegiate-Classical Course: A four-year course le 
tific Course: Degree B. S. ; Law Course: Degree L. L. 
Degree Ph. D., Degree Ph. C: Post Graduate Medical Co 
Marine Architectural Course: Degree M. A.; Drafting Co 
always been convinced that a complete education me 
and physically. Kxcellent facilities for the departme 
gymnasium and a magnificent stadium offer the stu 
of the body. 

Loyola University, is, in the proper sen-se of th 
the latest and most up-to-date appliances in all depar 
has a faculty numbering one hundred and twenty-five, 
liigh professional reputation. 

For special information regarding the various d 

KKV. A. K. OTIS, S. J., President; REV. M. J. W 
Law Department: DU. J. ,J, BATCHKLOR, Dean, Post- 
Dean, Scliool of Dentistrv: PROF. .loHN GUASSER, 1) 
Dean, College of Commerce: MR. ALFRED .1. BONOM 
FORD, Dean, School of Nautical Science: MU. M. L. 




nie.stuni:. The lirst of the buildings erected was the 
rs. Wm. P. Burke, in memoriam of their son, Nicholas 
liomas. 

nnitt iiemorial. was erected by Miss Kate JIcDermott. 
udor Gothic and is the most beautiful building in the 
ay. The Gesu is now being equippr'd according to the 
nd artistic style, and it will stand as a splendid monu- 
tar was donated bj' Lawrence Fabacher, which was 
ra marble was .given by Mrs. Nicholas Burke. A side 
glas, another side altar, the Saint Ignatius, by Mr. 
am of tlie late Wm. P. Burke. A tliird side altar, the 
nd Jlrs. B. J. Bobet, in honor of the Blessed Virgin, 
ns of the Cross, representing the Sacred Passion of 
The shrine, St, Anthony, was donated by the workmen 
nother shrine, that of St. Anne, was the gift of Jliss 

es offered at Loyola University are: 

ading to the Degrees A. B. ami A. M.: Collcgiate-Scien- 
B.: Dental Cour.se: Degree D. D. S. : Pharmacy Courses: 
urse: Wireless Telegraphy; Two-year Business Course; 
iirse, and Oratory Course. The .Tesuit Fathers have 
ans the training of the whole man mentally, morally 
nt of athletics are provided at Loyola, a well equipped 
dent unsurpassed opportunities for the proper training 

e word, a modern university, thorouglilv equipped with 

tments. It is of the highest educational standard. It 

including many eminent educators, and gentlenu-n of 

e]>artments. address: 

ALSH, Vice-President; .lUDGE HUGH CAGE, Dean of 
Graduate School of Medicine: DR. J. .1. SARRAZIN, 
ean. College of Pharmacy: JIK. LEWIS L. LANDON. 
O, Dean, College of Oratory; MR. EUGENE S. HAY 
GRUBMAN, Dean, Wireless Department. 



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FLINT-GOODRIDGE HOSPITAL 

1566 CAXAL STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

for colored patients, was organized, rebuilt, and newly ecpiipped in 
191.) and is now one of the best furnished and most modern GO bed 
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Main 1674 



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NEW ORLEANS. 

INVESTMENTS 

Capital, $1,500,000.00 

MORTGAGES 

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NEW ORLEANS. 

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leading city, with climatic and other advantages 
enjoyed by no other institution of equal rank, 
offers superior instruction as follows: 

Colleife of Arts and Sciences. For men. Many 
fi-.c srli(il;iislnt>s I'm- Louisiana students. 

Collegfe of Teclmologfy. With complete laboratory 
equipment. 

Newcomb Collegre. For women. With standard 

(■o!lc,i,'e ..•ourses. 

Collegre of Medicine. Offering full courses, In 

.graduate and undergraduate medicine, public 
health, tropical medicine, dentistry, and 
pharmacy. Equipment complete in all de- 
partments. Clinical opportunities unexcelled. 

College of liaw. Three-year courses in American 
mid Louisiana Law. 

Faculty of Graduate Studies. Offers courses 
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Colleg-e of Commerce and Business Administra- 
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courses. Non-teachers admitted. 

2725 student:; and MI states and IZ foreiiin 
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Audubon Park. Dormitories. Oppcu't unities for 
self-support. Full descriptive catalog, or a bul- 
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Address BEGISTSAR, Tuiai^e University, 
New Orleaas, Iia. 



139 



Phone Main 

4189 



Southern Motor and 
Truck Co., Inc. 

NATIONAL AND ELGIN 
AUTOMOBILES 

STANLEY STEAM CARS 



Calliope £tnd 
St. Charles Avenue 



Joynson, Bentley & Co., 
Liverpool, England 

Bentley, Joynson & Co., 
Menipliis. Tenn.; Dallas, Te.xas 



BENTLEY, 
JOYNSON & CO. 

COTTON 
EXPORTERS 



821 UXIOX STREET 



New Orleans, La. 



p. R. DUGGAN 
D. A. MAGINNIS 
W. R. KUHN 



Duggan, Maginnis 
& Co. 

COTTON BROKERS 

217 Varieties Place 
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Members 

N. O. Cotton Exchange 

N. O. Future Brokers Ass'n 



LEHMAN BROS. 
New York 



Established 



Lehman, Stern & Co., 

LIMITED 

COTTON MERCHANTS 

840 UNION STREET 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

Liberal Advances Made on 
Consignments 

Special Attention Given to the Sale of 
Cotton on F. O. B. Terms 

Orders for Future Contracts Executed on the 

New Orleans, New York and Liverpool 

Cotton Exchanges 



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NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

Xctc Orlcatis' Netccst and Most 
Complete FIHEPH(X)F Hotel 



The liouse that combines })lea.sin^' 
service with genuine liosijitality 



Situated on St. Cliarles Street, 
facing Lafayette Square, op- 
posite the Post Office 



//. A. MICHAEL, Manager 



Established 1S72. 

IIKNRY BEER 

EDGAR H. BRIGHT 

J. WILLIAM RARKDULL 

C. MORGAN ABRAMS 

PRIVATE WIBES TO NEW YORK, CHICAGO 
AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS 

H. & B. BEER 

Commission Merchants 

325 Baronne Street 

Telephone Main 659 and 660 

BRANCH OFFICE: 

217 CARONDEI.ET STREET 

Phone, Main 416 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

Cotton, Stocks, Grain, Provisions, 
Cotton Seed Oil, Sugar and Coffee 

MEMBERS OF 

New Orleans Cotton Exchange 

N. O. Future Brokers* Association 

New Yorlt Produce Exchange 

Ne\i' York Stock Exchange 

New York Cotton Exchange 

New Y^ork Coffee Exchange 

Chicago Board of Trade 

Associate Members of Liverpool Cotton Ass'n. 

Special attention ?iven to the execution of 
orders on tlie above exchanges 







R. L. Levert 


Phones Main 
280 to 286 
Inclusive 

ROBERT P. HYAMS 
COAL COMPANY, Ltd. 

OFFICE AND YARDS 

Clio and Magnolia Streets 

P. 0. BOX 1269 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

COAL AND 
COKE 


GENERAL 
INSURANCE 


806 Perdido Street 

Telephone Main 378 
NEW ORLEANS 



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Coffee Steamers from Brazil to New 
Orleans. Service to European Ports 



M. & R. Warriner, 

Incorporated 

STEAMSHIP AGENTS 

AND 

BROKERS 

Agents for 

Elder, Dempster & Co., 

Liverpool, England 

The Prince Line, Ltd. 

Newcastle-on-Tyne, England 

307 Title Guarantee Building 
NEW ORLEANS, U. S. A. 



Holy Cross College 



NEW ORLEANS 




Holy Cross College, which is conducted by the 
Brothers of the Holy Cross and located on the 
Dauphine and Levee and Barracks car line. 

Mentally, morally and physically the youth is 
prepared for manhood, and the institution which 
was first opened in 1879 can point with pride to 
some of the most successful men in the country 
as its graduates. 



Phone Main 
1115 



(NOT INCORPORATED) 

Ulinbaab OlnufprttoufrB 

Nos. 417-423 Decatur Street 
New Orleans, La. 



Distributing' Ag'ents 

"Lowney's" 
Chocolates 



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Mair 

3463 



SMOKE HOUSE 



729 IBERVILLE STREET 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Dealer in 

High-Grade 

Cigars and Tobaccos 



142 



Equipped for Action 



When opportunity knocks, have you the 
ready money to meet it? 

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is the ability to SAVE. 

Old age is known to be a stage in the life 
of a man when natural forces reduce energy 
and thereby diminish his earning power. 
We cordially invite every man, woman and 
child of the most limited means to open an 
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first and most important step in the devel- 
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Whitney-Central 

Trust and Savings Bank 

St. Charles and Gravier Sts. 

Dauphine and Piety Sts. 8132 Oak St. 

Chartres and Iberville Sts. 

810 Gravier St. 



.1. C. LeBOURGEOIS. President 
R. G. BUSH, JR., Vice-President 
P. J. Stouse, Secretary-Treasurer 



Le Bourgeois S Bush, 

— Inc. = 

SUGAR BROKERS 

AND 

FACTORS 

Phones (City): Main 2774 and 4194 
Long Distance 42 

1012-13-14 HIBERNIA BLDG. 

P. O. Box 52 7 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Specializing in the direct distribution of 

Louisiana Cane Granulated and all direct 

Consumption grades of Louisiana 

Cane Products 



LOCISIANA SUGAR CO. 

GENERAL COMMISSION 
MERCHANTS 

Solicit Consignments of 

SUGAR, MOLASSES, 
RICE 



J. M. Burguleres, President 
E. A. Pharr, Vice-President 
E. A. Burguleres, Treasurer 



840 GRAVIER STREET 

NEW ORLEANS 



Stauffer, Eshleman & Co. 



HARDWARE 



Fine Cutlery, Guns, 
Ammunition, Iron, Nails, 

Metals, 
Agricultural Implements 



511 to 513 Canal Street 

115 to 129 Dorsiere Street 

510 to 520 Customhouse Street 

NEW ORLEANS 



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NATIONAL SASH & 
DOOR COMPANY 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Sash, Doors, Blinds and Mill 
Work of all Kinds 

Having the largest out- 
put for any Sash and Door 
Factory in Louisiana, we 
can fill all orders with the 
greatest facility. 

ESTIMATES ON PLANS CHEERFULLY 
FURNISHED 

P. O. Box 1550 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Poitevent 8 Favre 
Lumber Go. 

MANUFACTURERS 
OF 

PITCH PINE 



Main Office and Mill: 
Mandeville, La. 

Branch Office: 
New Orleans, La. 

SHIPPING POINTS: 

Gulr'port, Miss.; Ship Island, Miss.; 
Mobile, Ala. and New Oi'leaus, La. 

Cable Address POITEVENT. 



JULIUS 
WEIS & CO. 



Cotton Factors 

AND 

Commission Merchants 



8 1 7 GRAVIER STREET 



NEW ORLEANS 



Anderson Clayton S 
Company 

Members 

New York Cotton Exchange 

New Orleans Cotton Exchange 

Associate Members 
Liverpool Cotton Association. Lttl, 



E. A. BEVERIDGE, INIngk. 

827 (xKAviF.K Street 

New Orleans 



OFFICES 

Houston Savannah 

Oklahoma Cit// Atlanta 

Boston 



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INDEX 

A 

Abaunza. Gonzalo 61 

Alexander, Lester F. _ 'J'G 

Alexander, Mark Leigh _ _ ~ 79 

American Audit Co., The 136 

American Bank & Trust Co ' 138 

American Coffee Co - 119 

American Securities Corp _ 138 

Anderson, Clavton & Co 144 

Area ' 1 14 

B 

Bailey, Hon. James J 64 

Barr, Robert Julius ..- -^ 74 

Beer, H. & B - 141 

Behre, Charles Henry - - 77 

Behrman, Hon. Martin 28 

Bentley, Joynson & Co 140 

Billingsley, James W _ _ 8(1 

Bogalusa — 123 

Bott, Fred. W 60 

Boylan. Washington G _ _ - - 104 

Bradford, milliard Filmore 72 

Brasco's Ifestaurant ; 136 

Brittin, Abraham 71 

Browne, Eppes Wayles 90 

Buie, Duncan 73 

Burke. William Patrick _ 101 

Buja, Albert Joseph S3 

Buitman, Jr., Anthony Fred ! 46 

C 

Cabrera, Jose R .,. 74 

Calcasieu Parish _ 115 

Capdevielle, Paul 69 

Carlisle. Tom Fennell 66 

Chalona. Joseph 43 

Clark, John F _ _ 52 

Climate 12-13 

Cothran, H. Dickson 82 

Curran. D. D 58 

Cuyamel Fruit Co 121 

Columbia Sugar Co _ 129 

Cypress __ 1 1 

D 

Dantzler, John Lewis _ 74 

Dawkins, Hon. Ben, C 33 

DeGrange, Joseph H ' 7 1 

De I,a Yergne. Hughes Jules - .! 73 

Denesre. George ; — 70 

de Roakles, Arthur Washington 97-98 

Dickinson. Edward Foster - 39 

Dixon, Brandt Y. B _ 56 

DouUut, Paul „ - _ 68 

Drawe, Jules J _ 79 

Duggan, Maginnis & Co 140 

Dunwndy, Robson 62 

Dussel, Alex 64 

E 

Earhart, Fred A _ - 78 

Ebaugh, Johii Lynn _ _ 60 



INDEX-Continued. 



Page 



Ellis, Caswell P ^^ 

Ellis, Crawford Hatcher o4 

Estopinal. Jr., Albert 



IV 



Ewintr. Holiert 47 



Farwell, Charles Alphonso '-^'^ 

Foitel, Dan W 84 

Flint-Goodridcfe Hospital l-^? 

Ford, John Mc Williams - 8!) 

Foster, Murph)' J 77 

Freeman. Thomas J 87 

G 

Gallagher Transfer and Storage Co., Inc KU 

Gas 10 

Gay, Edward J 35-26 

Geibke. Charles F - 7fi 

Graee. Fred J (>7 

Grace & Co., W. K V.W 

(ireen, Aubrey L !••"> 

Greenlaw. Edward Punnels 87 

Gnmewald, Benedict "Moi'ct 7*) 

H 

Halliday. Alex M 45 

Hardwoods 11 

Harriss. Kaymond Francis lOo 

Hartwell, Charles Addison 83 

Health Record 13 

Holler, Maximillian . ^(i 

Heniean, Joseph V 72 

Hero, George Alfi-ed -.. So 

Herold, Sidney Levy "1 

Hibernia Bank & Trust Co l-'iS 

Hill, Edward S 80 

Holmes. Williams Clav !'3 

Holv Cross College J 143 

Honor Co., Ltd., The John B 133 

Hotel DcSoto : - 128 

Hotel Monteleone -■ 13!» 

Hughes, Thomas Poland ... : ^2 

Hvams Coal Co., Ltd.. Pobt. I'. 141 



Irion. \'alentine Kiny 77 



Jacobsen. Hans A. M S(i 

Jahncke, Ernest Lee 54 

Jenkins. William Dav 86 

Jeter, John W. A. ..." 02 

Johnson Iron Works, Ltd., The 135 

K 

Kausler, George Shall 71 

Kellv, 1'homas J 105 

Keni]ier. Charles Delaware 44 



Lafayeite Hotel do Taixe, The 141 

La ncaster. Wi 1 1 i a n i P> 1 a i r 8 1 



INDEX-Continued. 

Page 

Pelican Cracker Co., The 123 

Pescud, Peter F 57 

Peters, Henrv 128 

Pfatt William 60 

Pharr, Eugene Albertus 38 

Pharr, IT. ^X 34 

Pharr, John Xewton 102 

Picard. Achille 1 61 

Picheloup, Maurice v So 

Pine, Yellow 11 

Pleasant, Hon. Ruffin G 22 

Poitevant & Favre Lbr. Co 144 

Pratt, Albert M iles 87 

Provosty, Hon. Oliver 31 

Prim, Rev. John Francis 77 

R 

Railey, William Mayo 65 

Rainwater Lbr. Co.,' J. G 86 

Ramos, Henry C ; 84 

Raiisdel i , Joseph Eugene 24 

Reforestation 11 

Reiss Co., James J 142 

Reuther, Joseph - 68 

Reynolds. Hampton 73 

Richardson. Ednmnd Ernest 78 

Richeson, ^\'illiam Lyle 80 

Rooney, Michael Joseph 78 

Ross, James Bolin 40 

Ross, William Pennell 72 

S 

Salt , 10 

Samuel, 0. M 84 

Scheppegrell, Dr. William _ 55 

Schoen,'Sr.. Philip J 84 

Scrannizza, Rev. Vincent M 69 

Seven-Eleven Auto Co 139 

Shepard & Gluck 132 

Shreveport 88 

Sins, Michael C 86 

Sims, Robert Nichols 66 

Sloan Company, N. P 132 

Smoke House 142 

Soule, George 51 

Southern Motor & Truck Co.. Inc _ 140 

Spearing, James Zacharie 65 

Stafford, Fthelred Macaulay 57 

Stair. Charles A '. 80 

Standard Oil Co. of La 118 

Slaulfer. Eshieman ^: Co 143 

Stock Industry, Live 18-19 

Strawlierry Culture 14 

Stringfellow, Robinson Lazare 93 

Sugar Industry 15 

Sulpbui ". 10 

T 

Taylor, Shelby 0:! 

Tetc, Dr. H eiiry 42 

Tindjer Resources 31 

Thomas, G. H. A. Co 137 

Thomson, James M _ 48 



INDEX-Continued. 

Page 

Lehman. Stern & Co 1-! 

Lelion, Dan S S'? 

Le Blane, Alfred lo 

Le Bourox'ois & Bush, Inc 143 

Levert, Jolm B 51 

Levert, R. L Ill 

Lewis, Ernest Sidney ■'■*< 

Leyland Lino 1 1 2( i 

Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co 184 

Live Stock Industry 18-1!) 

Lons:, George . 8.5 

Louisiana . 1-3 

Louisiana Railway & Navigation C<k 133 

Louisiana Sut::ar Co 143 

Loyola University -- 13(i 

iM 

Maginnis Cotton Mills 130 

Mahoncv, Edwin I 83 

Malonev. Paul H 81 

Marine' Bank & Trust Co 12!) 

Martin. Whitmell P 27 

Matas, Rudolph 37 

Mathews, Charles S 3.5 

Matthews, Frederick Warner ... 7!) 

McCarthy, Jr., Richard SI 

McLeod, "William Cliarles Si 

jMenge Marine Hdwe. & Supply Co., Inc 131 

Mcnioriams 96-105 

Mente & Co 135 

Michell, Bernard 41 

Michel, Jno. T fi3 

Mineral 1 1 

Monroe !'4 

Monroe, Hon. Frank A 2!) 

Montgomery, Charles Dickens 79 

Moore, Daniel D ■■ 49 

Morris, Captain Pendleton S 100 

Mouton, Hon. Fernand 23 

Murphy Iron ^\'nrks, .Tolm IT 131 

X 

National Resoui'ces of Louisiana 10-21 

National Sash & Door Co . 144 

Naval Stoi-es Industry , 20 

New Orleans ' 4-9 and lfi-18 

New Orleans Business Men's Racing Assn 117-llS 

New Orleans Credit Men's Association 127-128 

New Orleans National Bank 126* 



Oil 10 

O'Keefe. John David 75 

O'Neill, Hon. ('has. A 30 

Orleans Cotton Mills, Inc 128 

Overton, John H 83 

P 

Paper Industry 20 

Parsons, Edward .\lexander ''fi 

I'earcc, Fnrman Barnes .?. '^ 

I'edane, Henry R '^'^ 



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1 



INDEX-Continued. 

Page 

Thompson, Henry Xewton 95 

Thompson, Thomas P 55 

Thompson, W. B 52 

Thorn, Charles B 72 

Trantli, George J 85 

Trufant, Samuel Adams _ 71 

'J'uhmo L'lijversity of La., The 139 

Tupjier, Allen ...". 73 

U 

United Irrigation & Pice Milling Co. . 134 

Ursuline College & Aeademv 1 25 



Velasquez, Gen. M. M 70 

W 

Walmsley, Pobert Miller 59 

Warriner. M. & E 142 

Weis & Co., Julius 144 

Werleiii. John Parham 67 

Werlem, Philip ; 103 

Wermuth, Charles Ernst 74 

White. Ernest A 83 

White, Sidney Johnstone 62 

^Vllitenlan, Albert Warren 75 

■\Miitne.v-Central Trust & Savings Bank 143 

Williams, Frank B 58 

Williams, Sartor Otho 91 

W il son , Al bert Andrew 82 

■\Ailsou, Harry D 59 



Zueuliii, Bruno 85 



LRB S 76 



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